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

Macy's — The department store chain saw shares fall more than 3%. — Michelle Fox,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

The company operates 125 Liverpool department stores, 72 Liverpool Express stores and 196 Suburbia stores, as well as 173 specialty boutiques and 30 shopping centers across the country. — David Moin, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026

After finishing his fourth year at the Academie, de Kooning went to work as a commercial artist for Cohn Donnay and Company, a large department store. — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

What makes the store unique, according to Cohen, is its size and department store-like structure. — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 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