grocery

B2 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ UK /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ See IPA manual

Freq #7066

Meanings

1

noun
A shop that sells food and household goods.

I stopped at the grocery to buy milk and bread.
2

noun
(Usually plural) food and household items that you buy.

She unpacked the groceries and put them in the fridge.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a shop that sells food and... grocery store supermarket

2 noun · (usually plural) food and... groceriesfoodstuff

Word family

Forms groceries

Derived forms greengrocerygrocerantgrocerymannongrocery

Related forms greengrocer grocergroceries

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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grocery list
a written list of food and household supplies to buy

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria.

grocerye Middle English

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Topics

Food & Drink

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# grocery

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 7066

## Meanings
1. A shop that sells food and household goods.
2. (Usually plural) food and household items that you buy.

## Examples
- I stopped at the grocery to buy milk and bread.
- She unpacked the groceries and put them in the fridge.

## Derived Forms
- greengrocery
- grocerant
- groceryman
- nongrocery

## Related Forms
- greengrocer
- grocer
- groceries

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: grocerye

## Etymology
From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria.

## AI Etymology
Grocery comes from Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria. The historical chain includes grocerye (Middle English). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as greengrocery, grocerant, groceryman, and nongrocery and related forms such as greengrocer, grocer, and groceries. In present use it covers a shop that sells food and household goods and (Usually plural) food and household items that you buy.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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