Dictionary

grocery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɹoʊ.ʃ(ə.)ɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
• grōs(ə)ri (Received-Pronunciation)
• (London) audio
• grōʃ(ə)ri (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈɡros(ə)ri/ (South-Asia)
• /ˈɡɹəʉs.(ə.)ɹi/ (Australia)
• /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ɡrɔ-/ (South-Asia)
• (US) audio /ˈɡɹoʊʃɹi/
• /-ʃ(ə)ri/ (South-Asia)
• grōs(ə)ri (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɡɹɐʉs.(ə.)ɹi/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (attributive) Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
   • 1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations Where ten thousand pounds can be employed in the grocery trade, the wages of the grocer's labour make but a very trifling addition...
2. A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.
   • 1854: Henry David Thoreau, Walden I observed that the vitals of the village were the grocery, the bar-room, the post-office, and the bank...

Forms

Deriveds

nongrocery · grocery paper · grocery cart · grocery bag · salvage grocery · grocerant · grocery haul · greengrocery · grocery getter · is there a grocery store nearby · I'm looking for a grocery store · grocery list · grocery shrink ray · groceryman

Descendants

grocería

Relateds

greengrocer · groceries · grocer

Synonyms

groceries · packaged goods · commodities · market · general goods · grocery shop · greengrocer's · general store · grocery store · supermarket · grocer's

grocery en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɹoʊ.ʃ(ə.)ɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
• grōs(ə)ri (Received-Pronunciation)
• (London) audio
• grōʃ(ə)ri (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈɡros(ə)ri/ (South-Asia)
• /ˈɡɹəʉs.(ə.)ɹi/ (Australia)
• /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ɡrɔ-/ (South-Asia)
• (US) audio /ˈɡɹoʊʃɹi/
• /-ʃ(ə)ri/ (South-Asia)
• grōs(ə)ri (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɡɹɐʉs.(ə.)ɹi/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To go grocery shopping.
   • We shopped and groceried on a cash basis, determined on that from the start. 1913, George Lee Burton, Tackling Matrimony: To the Men and Girls who Love Each Other More than Ease and Show and Sham:
   • The thought of grocerying so casually at Seessel's evokes a giggle from Shirley 1967, The New Yorker, volume 43, number 5, page 210:
   • Sample usage: "If you're going grocerying, pick up some GMO — you know, Goat's Milk, Organic. But it has to be non-GMO GMO." [2016 July 19, “The word of the week: grocerying”, in StarTribune.com:
   • I was dependent upon others for grocerying and getting to doctor appointments. 2012, Hazel Rae Minnick, Living in My Shadow, page 93:
2. (transitive) To furnish with groceries.
   • Fifty-eight years of grocerying hotels, restaurants and institutions that feed many people 1939, John Willy, Hotel Monthly, volume 47, number 550, page 59:
   • What freedom to be iced, fueled, and groceried for two weeks and running toward a reef you truly love 1998, Ron Rau, “Doing It for Money”, in David Seybold, editor, Seasons of the Angler: A Fisherman's Anthology, page 95:

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