general store
noun
: a retail store located usually in a small or rural community that carries a wide variety of goods including groceries but is not divided into departments
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Main Street has a bookshop with a large children’s section, a toy store, and a general store to poke around in, while Smugglers’ Notch offers seriously cool climbable rock formations and unbeatable fall foliage.
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Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 6 Dec. 2025
Eventually, hard candies were made from the plant and carried in many apothecaries and general stores.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2025
There was a school, a hospital, a police station, an old-people’s home, and a general store.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
The owners will renovate a guard house, welcome center and general store.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 15 Nov. 2025
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Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 6 Dec. 2025
Eventually, hard candies were made from the plant and carried in many apothecaries and general stores.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2025
There was a school, a hospital, a police station, an old-people’s home, and a general store.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
The owners will renovate a guard house, welcome center and general store.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 15 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for general store
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“General store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20store. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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