department store

noun

: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods

Examples of department store in a Sentence

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The anchor department stores helped the tenants on the upper floors, of course. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025 In addition to Harrods, the brand has linked with Istanbul department store Beymen, recently hosting a lunch with premium clients attended by Rachid, as well as Berlin’s multibrand fashion store Lou & the Finches, which opened an apartment-style pop-up to showcase the Retori collection. Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 2 July 2025 Before ending up at the Humane Society facility, Ryder was found in a department store parking lot in El Cajon. Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2025 And so, Dickinson recounts, on the day a buyer from Best & Co., a New York department store, was in the showroom, McCardell turned up in her own trapeze-style dress, cut in a rich red wool, and strode through bearing coffee as the buyer was packing up. Julia Turner, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for department store

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of department store was in 1887

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“Department store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/department%20store. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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department store

noun
: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods
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