dry goods
plural noun
1
: grocery items (such as tobacco, sugar, flour, and coffee) that do not contain liquid
2
: textiles, ready-to-wear clothing, and notions as distinguished especially from hardware and groceries
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In Tanzania’s Serengeti, Wilderness Usawa faces a similar obstacle; most of their weekly fresh food deliveries and twice-weekly dry goods arrive from Arusha, 200 miles away.
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Jillian Dara, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2025
In addition to helping stock a food pantry at Palmyra Elementary in Orange, the HUB OC initiated a community drive that supplied struggling families whose children attend Orange Unified School District schools with dry goods and household supplies.
—Theresa Walker, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
Rowland Hussey Macy opened his dry goods store on the corner of Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan on October 28, 1858.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
Volunteers unloaded turkeys and dry goods for one of the food shelf's largest distribution events of the year.
—Ray Campos, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
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Jillian Dara, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2025
In addition to helping stock a food pantry at Palmyra Elementary in Orange, the HUB OC initiated a community drive that supplied struggling families whose children attend Orange Unified School District schools with dry goods and household supplies.
—Theresa Walker, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
Rowland Hussey Macy opened his dry goods store on the corner of Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan on October 28, 1858.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
Volunteers unloaded turkeys and dry goods for one of the food shelf's largest distribution events of the year.
—Ray Campos, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dry goods
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“Dry goods.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20goods. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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dry goods
plural noun
: cloth goods (as fabrics, lace, and ribbon)
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