grocery list

noun

A written or mental list of grocery items one intends to purchase at a supermarket or similar business.

“The man put milk, bread and eggs at the top of his grocery list.”

Meanings

noungrocery list (plural grocery lists)

plural grocery lists

  1. A written or mental list of grocery items one intends to purchase at a supermarket or similar business.

    The man put milk, bread and eggs at the top of his grocery list.

    1 more example

    Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese sandwiches, gyoza, Krystal hamburgers, horseshoe sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, jalapeno poppers, kolaches, pastrami sandwiches, Philly cheesesteaks, pierogi, pizza, pork ribs, pulled pork, poutine, salt potatoes, shrimp, tacos, tamales, turkey and Twinkies.

    2015 July 2, Michael Pearson, “6 things to know about hot dog king Joey Chestnut”, in CNN

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna list of heterogenous items that someone wants

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Danish indkøbsliste
  • indkøbslistelist of grocery items to be bought
Dutch boodschappenlijst
  • boodschappenlijstlist of grocery items to be bought
Finnish ostoslista
  • ostoslistalist of grocery items to be bought
German Einkaufszettel
  • Einkaufszettellist of grocery items to be bought
Italian lista della spesa
  • lista della spesalist of grocery items to be bought
Polish lista zakupów spożywczych
  • lista zakupów spożywczychlist of grocery items to be bought
Swedish inköpslista
  • inköpslistalist of grocery items to be bought
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Chicago

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