# grocery

Pronunciation: say "GROH-suh-ree" US /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/, UK /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/, AUS /ˈɡɹəʉs.(ə.)ɹi/

## Noun

1. Food and other household supplies purchased at retail for home use.
   - Simple: Food and other everyday things for the home that you buy at a store.
   - _He unloaded the groceries onto the kitchen counter before answering the phone._
   - _Their monthly grocery budget barely covers fresh produce anymore._
2. A shop or store that sells food and other household supplies.
   - Simple: A store where you buy food and other things for your home.
   - _The neighborhood grocery has been run by the same family for three decades._
   - _Independent groceries struggle to compete with the big supermarket chains._

## Verb

3. To go shopping for food and other household supplies.
   - Simple: To go shopping for food and other things for the home.
   - _They grocery together on Saturday mornings before the stores get crowded._
   - _After work she groceried at the new market downtown._
4. To furnish or supply someone or something with food and other household provisions.
   - Simple: To supply a person or place with food and other things for the home.
   - _The hosts grocery the cabin before each guest's arrival._
   - _A local charity groceried dozens of families after the flood._

## Origin

From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer plus the suffix -y. It is a doublet of groceria.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/grocery (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).