department store

noun

: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods

Examples of department store in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The six-story house, with elevator service to every level, was later owned by its enduring namesake, Paul Verdier, heir to the City of Paris department store dynasty. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2026

And what would a proper Christmas village be without a department store? — Camila Quimper, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026

The Walnut Room occupies a 17,000-square-foot space on the seventh floor of the former Marshall Field and Company Building and is the first and longest-running department store restaurant, opening in 1907 as the South Tea Room. — Allison Yates, Midwest Living, 3 Nov. 2026

Charlotte Tilbury, Augustinus Bader, and iconic department stores like Bloomingdale’s certainly are. — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for department store

• conquistador
• covenantor
• forevermore
• hereinbefore
• kinetochore
• kwashiorkor
• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore

Kids Definition

department store

noun

: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods