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GROHS-uh-reez/ˈɡrəʊsəriz/

Groceries are everyday food and household shopping: buy groceries, a bag of groceries, grocery shopping. Grocery as a singular is more American for the shop. Food is the wider idea; groceries are what you carry home from the supermarket. Goods can be any products. Do not use grocery for a single apple — say groceries for the lot, or name the item.

Meaning

Food and other household items that you buy regularly.

Examples

• “He carried the groceries home from the supermarket.”
• “He ordered the groceries online because he had a fever.”
• “We split the cost of the groceries after the shop.”

Good to know

buy / a bag of groceries. American shop: grocery store. Contrast: goods (any products).

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