grocery B2 Topic:Family & Relationships 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 storesupermarket 2 noun · (usually plural) food and... groceriesfoodstuff Word family Forms groceries Derived forms greengrocerygrocerantgrocerymannongrocery Related forms greengrocergrocergroceries Common collocations grocery list Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria. grocerye Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Family & Relationships External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Family & Relationships markdown