groceries

Noun

• a marketplace where groceries are sold
• (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer
• Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store.
• plural of grocery (store)

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of grocery

Examples

• She carried a sack of groceries in from her car and placed it on the kitchen table.
• There were two competing groceries in the neighborhood, but neither of them had tasty food.

Synonyms

food market, foodstuff, grocery, grocery store, market