Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A large self-service retail market that sells food and household goods.
Wiktionary
- n. A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods, and/or clothing.
- n. A chain of such stores.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods
Etymologies
- From super- + market. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The story line oozes Southern charm using humor to bring to life the local eccentric Nitwitts who know the world is changing faster than the speed of the internet as affirmed that the title supermarket in their town has been closed for several years.”
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“If buying fresh herbs in the supermarket is the only option, protect your investment by using "green bags," sold in many supermarkets, kitchen supply stores and online.”
“Pre-packaged lard bought in a supermarket is awful.”
“They stay in the closet as the books are mostly what I call supermarket fiction.”
“Last week, two main Italian supermarket chains announced a boycott of produce from illegal Israeli settlements.”
“I'd forgotten the young thing was at least as much a knock on George "What's this thing they call a supermarket?”
“First Milk bought the creamery from Dairy Crest in 2006 and quickly shifted the emphasis of production from cheap own-label supermarket brands to the premium Lake District cheese.”
“Video: Freeze Flashmob to promote Boycot Israel in Dutch supermarket - It was a busy Thursday night on the 28th of January in the big supermarket Albert Heijn in Utrecht”
“Opened in April, El Nopal is an extension of Bernal's Latin American supermarket of the same name.”
“I use the word supermarket because that's what they call it here, but I'm not at all sure what the correct term would be.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘supermarket’.
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EN - pseudo-English words
English words used by foreigners in a different sense than they would be used by native speakers + madeupical "English" words that sound English but are not recognized as such by native speakers of...
abseiling, advertising, agroboy, airco, air-condition, relooker, apart, autogrill, autostop, babykiller, baby-foot, babylift and 263 more...
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super-, sur-
above or beyond; to a great degree; extra large; of a higher kind
superfamily, supercontinent, superstructure, superabundant, supernumerary, superfluous, superfine, surprise, supercilious, supersonic, surrender, supercede and 33 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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Shopaholic!
shop, store, kiosk, mall, retail, market, supermarket, bodega, superstore, bazaar, marketplace, pharmacy and 23 more...
Tweets
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bilby "It's best to work shoplifting in the supermarket with a partner who can act as look-out and shield you from the eyes of nosy employees, shoppers and other crooks trying to pick up some pointers. Work out a prearranged set of signals with your partner. Diversions, like knocking over displays, getting into fist fights with the manager, breaking plate glass windows and such are effective and even if you don't get anything they're fun. Haven't you always wanted to knock over those carefully constructed nine-foot pyramids of garbage?"
- Abbie Hoffman, 'Steal This Book'. Feb 18, 2009