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

Examples of general store in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The square’s main draw for out-of-towners is undoubtedly The Walmart Museum and Walton’s 5&10, the original general store that Walmart founder Sam Walton opened in 1950. —Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025

Just downstream from the extra-lush confluence of Oak Creek and Munds Canyon sits Indian Gardens, a midcentury general store turned cafe and shop. —New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025

The last day of Mod Gen — a modern general store that carries plants to home goods — is Christmas Eve. —Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025

In the years since, only one family held on, the Quons, who operated a general store, cafe at the pier and continued to shrimp using new, legal methods. —Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for general store

• conquistador
• forevermore
• hereinbefore
• kinetochore
• kwashiorkor
• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore
• backdoor

Kids Definition

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