Meanings
plural minimarts
- A convenience store.
I went to the minimart…It’s about a fifteen minute walk both ways. But I didn’t wanna drive cause I was really wasted.
2016, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, spoken by Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck)1 more example
The joke is that these two men are sitting in front of a gas station that has been transformed into a minimart capable of supplying anything—even the kosher pickled herring requested by an Orthodox Jew.
1988 July 15, Tom Valeo, “Happy Happy Good Show”, in Chicago ReaderSynonyms: minimarket, mini-market
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA convenience store.
Origin
- Italianminiatura
- Englishminiature
- Englishmini-
- Englishmart
- Englishminimart
Cite this entry
minimart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minimart
“minimart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minimart. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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