grocery
noun
- shopping item
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ / /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ / /ˈɡɹoʊ.ʃɹi/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria.
- 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...”
- 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...”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria.
- To go grocery shopping.
“We shopped and groceried on a cash basis, determined on that from the start.”
“The thought of grocerying so casually at Seessel's evokes a giggle from Shirley”
- To furnish with groceries.
“Fifty-eight years of grocerying hotels, restaurants and institutions that feed many people”
“What freedom to be iced, fueled, and groceried for two weeks and running toward a reef you truly love”