Meanings
noungroceries pl (plural only, attributive grocery)
attributive grocery
- pluralplural onlyRetail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store.
She carried a sack of groceries in from her car and placed it on the kitchen table.
1 more example
Did not cotton spin itself, beef grow, and groceries and spiceries come in from the East and the West, quite comfortably by the side of shams?
1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets: The present time
noun
- pluralplural of grocery (store)
There were two competing groceries in the neighborhood, but neither of them had tasty food.
verb
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of grocery
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Catalan queviures
- queviurescommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Chinese Mandarin 雜貨 /杂货, 買菜 /买菜
- 雜貨 /杂货 (záhuò)commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
- 買菜 /买菜 (mǎicài)commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Dutch boodschappen
- boodschappencommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Finnish päivittäistavarat, elintarvikkeet
- päivittäistavaratcommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
- elintarvikkeetcommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
French courses, provisions
- coursescommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
- provisionscommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
German Lebensmittel
- Lebensmittelcommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Greek ψώνια
- ψώνια (psónia)commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Hawaiian mea ʻai
- mea ʻaicommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Hebrew מִצְרָכִים, קְנִיּוֹת
- מִצְרָכִים (mitsrakhím)commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
- קְנִיּוֹת (k'niyót)commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Hindi किराना
- किराना (kirānā)commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Hungarian vásárolt holmik, élelmiszerek
- vásárolt holmikcommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
- élelmiszerekcommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Indonesian belanjaan
- belanjaancommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Italian spesa
- spesacommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Latin obsōnia
- obsōniacommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Polish artykuły spożywcze, żywność
- artykuły spożywczecommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
- żywnośćcommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
- spożywkacommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Portuguese compras
- comprascommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Romanian alimente, provizii
- alimentecommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
- proviziicommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Russian продукты
- продукты (produkty)commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Scottish Gaelic grosaireachd
- grosaireachdcommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Spanish comestibles, abarrotes
- comestiblescommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
- abarrotescommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
- comprascommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
- alimentoscommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
- ultramarinoscommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
- víverescommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
- vituallacommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
- vituallascommodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery
Cite this entry
APA
groceries. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groceries
MLA
“groceries.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groceries. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “groceries,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groceries.
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