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

NurPhoto via Getty Images Less than a year after Shein celebrated the opening of its first permanent European store inside one of Paris' most famous department stores, the controversial experiment is coming to an abrupt end. — Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

According to interviews with Hooper, the concept for the film crystallized for him after a Christmastime visit to a Montgomery Ward department store. — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026

Founded in May 2017 by entrepreneur Andy Lin, TESO Life describes itself as an Asian department store that carries everything from homeware and lifestyle products to toys and collectibles. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Her performance as Jovie, the department store employee who struggles to get into the Yuletide frame of mind, was her big break. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 July 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