grocery store

noun

chiefly US

: a store that sells food and household supplies : supermarket

Examples of grocery store in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To increase Jetty's visibility across the grocery store and to maximize convenience for shoppers, Jetty will be available in both powders and bottles. — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026

Almost every plan to lower food prices ends up putting the government in one of two businesses, either running a grocery store, as New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is now doing, or telling grocery stores what to charge. — David L. Ortega, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026

Nobody needs to find the racing line on the way to the grocery store, and most of us will never brake from 130 mph for a corner. — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Prior to the killing, Whorrall had reportedly walked to a grocery store for snacks, before he was believed to have sat down to rest at the bus stop. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for grocery store

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

Video

How Do You Pronounce 'Groceries'?

In American English, 'groceries' has several forms of pronunciation. But is one the "correct" way to say it? Editor Serenity Carr breaks down the various kinds of 'groceries.'

TRANSCRIPT

Whether you're a weekend shopper or a Tuesday afternoon one, chances are you buy these at least weekly: grōs-rēs, or maybe you buy grō-sə-rēs, or perhaps you buy grōsh-rēs. We do not judge, in fact, our dictionary says all three pronunciations are just fine.