supermarket

noun

USSOO-pur-mar-kuht/ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/SOO-puh-mah-kit/ˌsuːpəˈmɑːkɪt/

Pluralsupermarkets

3 meanings of supermarket

1
nouncountable
A big store where you pick out your own food and household goods from the shelves.
Like a huge shop where you grab what you need from the shelves yourself, then pay at the front.
We pushed our cart through the supermarket looking for cereal.
The supermarket stays open until midnight on weekends.
Similargrocery
2
nouncountable
A company that owns and runs many food stores sharing the same name.
Like one company owning many shops that all share the same sign and name.
That supermarket has stores in almost every town in the country.
Her dad works for a big supermarket with hundreds of branches.
Similargrocer, chain
3
nounfigurativelycountable
A place where you can get many different things or services all in one spot.
The website is a supermarket of cheap flights and hotel deals.
That clinic is like a supermarket for every kind of medical test.
Similarmarketplace, emporium

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Origin

An American English word from 1933, made from "super-" plus "market."