emporium

noun

em·po·ri·um | \ im-ˈpȯr-ē-əm

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plural emporiums also emporia\ im-ˈpȯr-ē-ə

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Definition of emporium

1a : a place of trade especially : a commercial center

b : a retail outlet a hardware emporium a pizza emporium

2 : a store carrying many different kinds of merchandise

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Synonyms

bazaar,
shop
(also shoppe),
store

Examples of emporium in a Sentence

an emporium for home electronic equipment filled with stuff I didn't know I needed but now desperately want

Recent Examples on the Web In recent years, Amazon and the beauty emporium Ulta Beauty both opened sprawling fulfillment centers there. — New York Times, "How a Minimum-Wage Increase Is Being Felt in a Low-Wage City," 14 Feb. 2021 First of all the 5,000-square-ft. store, in Berea’s West Valley Plaza, is a pet supply emporium, with an a prodigious array of pet care products, toys and pet-food brands -- and even a do-it-yourself dog-wash facility. — Rich Heileman, cleveland, "Give your pooch a wash at Berea’s Pet Supplies Plus: Around The Town," 5 Mar. 2021 The Water Room, and gourmet food emporium Mercantile & Mash. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, "Charleston Travel Guide," 1 Mar. 2021 Fry’s was the magical electronics emporium where so many of us bought our first CD burners, flatscreen monitors, cordless vacuums, wireless printers, or ATI Radeon 9800 graphics cards. — Parker Hall, Wired, "So Long, Fry's. I Learned Everything About Gadgets From You," 24 Feb. 2021 Since 1930, when his son Michele opened the family’s first pizza emporium, the Condurros have been turning out marinaras and margheritas and...nothing else. — Francesco Lastrucci, Smithsonian Magazine, "Inside Naples’ World-Famous Pizza Culture," 20 Feb. 2021 In ordinary times, restaurateur Kathy Sidell’s tinned seafood emporium, where towers of shellfish and lobster claws gleamed against overflowing champagne glasses, was one of the Back Bay’s top spots for indulgence. — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, "100 top restaurants for takeout in Boston and beyond," 11 Feb. 2021 Eclectic emporium Wishful Thinking, a 2,400-square-foot store off McKinney Square, is closing. — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, "McKinney Square boutique Wishful Thinking is closing due to COVID-19," 14 Jan. 2021 For my 17th birthday, my mom took me and my friend Amber, to Cavender’s, an airplane hangar-size Western wear emporium in a strip mall off the highway. — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, "After 8 Years, I Finally Know How to Wear My Cowboy Boots," 26 Jan. 2021

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“Emporium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emporium. Accessed 18 Apr. 2021.

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emporium

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English Language Learners Definition of emporium

old-fashioned : a store or shop

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