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

Consumers continued to power on in June, spending more at gas stations, online, in restaurants and at fashion specialty and department stores. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 16 July 2026

But the bank reported some mid-tier attractions are seeing softness, while a department store said an increase in foot traffic from the tournament didn't result in higher sales. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 15 July 2026

Trump didn’t attend the trial, where Carroll testified that their flirtatious and friendly chance encounter at the department store turned violent. — Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

NurPhoto via Getty Images Less than a year after Shein celebrated the opening of its first permanent European store inside one of Paris' most famous department stores, the controversial experiment is coming to an abrupt end. — Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 10 July 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