department store

noun

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

Examples of department store in a Sentence

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British luxury department store Harrods will present a series of talks highlighting leading fashion voices in Shanghai and London at the team rooms inside its private members’ club, The Residence. Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025 The feds said a $10,400 grant from a department store to be used to feed hungry children was actually laundered through a church to pay back rent. Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025 The pair name the English countryside, Vanderbilt gowns, Technicolor movies, and New York department stores as major inspiration for the collection. Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 15 Sep. 2025 And while millions of families lived with Sears as their de facto department store, the family behind the empire had their own slice of Hudson Valley heaven. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for department store

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of department store was in 1887

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“Department store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/department%20store. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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department store

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