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

Something might happen on Amazon or TikTok that lifts business at Ulta, Sephora or the department stores. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

The ordering should be pleasant like the voices of the elevator girls in department stores. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Amazon’s robust home fragrance inventory is just as, if not more plentiful, than department stores like Nordstrom’s and Bloomingdale’s. — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026

Those who could not afford the real things purchased costume jewelry versions, which were sold at department stores in the United States. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 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