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

One member of the audience asked whether the mall’s new tenants would include luxury department stores and boutiques. — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2026

He was born in New York City in the early nineteen-twenties; his father, a Russian Jewish dress-shop owner, lost his department store, Avedon’s Fifth Avenue, after the crash. — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2026

Printemps operates 19 department stores, including two international locations in Doha, Qatar, and New York City. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2026

Does anyone here still go to a department store on Black Friday? — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 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