Meaning of Delicatessen | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.
2. Delicacies; exotic or expensive foods.
   plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“I shall have Royal Climax sausages every Tuesday and Saturday. Leave your orders early as there is a demand for these delicious delicatessen. J. W. Galloway.”

“A taxi, after mounting the sidewalk, had finished up with its radiator buried in a pile of delicatessen.”

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