supermarket

noun

su·​per·​mar·​ket ˈsü-pər-ˌmär-kət 

often attributive

1

: a self-service retail market selling especially foods and household merchandise

2

: something resembling a supermarket especially in the variety or volume of its goods or services

Examples of supermarket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As the legal fight about Rogers’ execution continues to play out, DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant for Anthony Wainwright, who was convicted of kidnapping a woman in 1994 from a Winn-Dixie supermarket parking lot in Lake City and raping and murdering her in rural Hamilton County. —Jim Saunders, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2025

Employees stand inside a supermarket without lights in Burgos on April 28, 2025, during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France. —Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 May 2025

Once, a supermarket manager who had countless mango trees in his backyard slipped a bunch into my shopping cart, relieved to be rid of them. —Dinkinish O’Connor, Saveur, 8 May 2025

The ticket, sold at a Publix supermarket in Jensen Beach, matched all six winning numbers. —Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for supermarket

• aftermarket
• patriarchate
• market
• nonmarket
• premarket
• upmarket

Kids Definition

supermarket

noun

su·​per·​mar·​ket ˈsü-pər-ˌmär-kət 

: a self-service market selling foods and household merchandise