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

Key retailers include both specialty stores and luxury department stores. — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

The brand sells its products through department stores, 108 domestic locations and 68 international stores across Canada, China and Japan, as well as through its e-commerce channel. — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Success there then led to the technology’s implementation in movie theaters and then department stores. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026

Three decades later, the department store had become a shadow of its former self, reporting annual losses since 2019. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 13 Aug. 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