minimarket

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noun

A small supermarket; a convenience store.

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minimartmini-mart
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Meanings

nounminimarket (plural minimarkets)

plural minimarkets

  1. A small supermarket; a convenience store.

    Its direct competition, analysts say, include Trader Joe’s and Famima minimarkets, both also foreign-owned, by Germans and Japanese, respectively.

    2007 June 6, Craig S. Smith, “British Grocer Set to Dip Toe in U.S. Market”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: minimart, mini-mart

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small supermarket; a convenience store.

Similar
minimartmini-mart
Also see
convenience storecorner shopminimart

Origin

From mini- + market.

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Translations

Italian minimarket, minimercato
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Polish sklep ogólnospożywczy
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Spanish minisupermercado
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Cite this entry
APA

minimarket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minimarket

MLA

“minimarket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minimarket. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minimarket,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minimarket.

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