Groceries

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz

Definitions

Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store.

plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Españolabarrotes alimentos comestiblescompras ultramarinos vitualla vituallas víveres

FrançaisCourses provisions

DeutschEssen Lebensmittel

26 more languages

العربيةدكاكين البقالة

Bosanskišpeceraj spenza spizaшпецерај

Catalàqueviures

Češtinapotraviny

Ελληνικάφαγώσιμα ψώνια

Suomielintarvike elintarvikkeet päivittäistavaratruokaostos ruokatavara

Gàidhliggrosaireachd

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻimea ʻai

हिन्दीकिराना

Hrvatskišpeceraj spenza spizaшпецерај

Magyarélelmiszerek

Bahasa Indonesiabelanjaan

Italianospesa

日本語食料品

한국어식료품 식품

Latinaobsonia obsonium

Latviešupārtika produkts

മലയാളംപലചരക്ക്

नेपालीकिराना

Nederlandsboodschappen

Polskispożywka żywność

Portuguêscompras

Русскийпродукты

Српскиšpeceraj spenza spizaшпецерај

Українськапродукт продукти

Tiếng Việttạp phẩm

Examples

“She carried a sack of groceries in from her car and placed it on the kitchen table.”

“Did not cotton spin ⟳ itself, beef grow ⟳, and groceries and spiceries come ⟳ in from the East and the West, quite comfortably by the side of shams?”

“There were two competing groceries in the neighborhood, but neither of them had tasty food.”

CEFR level

C1

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

Groceries Order Grocers Grocery grocery bag grocery cart grocery haul

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