Words / A2

GROHS-uh-ree/ˈɡrəʊsəri/

A grocery is a food shop, or food from that kind of shop: a grocery store, grocery shopping, a grocery bag. Groceries (usually plural) means the food items. Greasy means oily. Gross can mean 144 or “disgusting”. Do not write grocery when you mean greasy, or groceries as if it were the shop only.

Meaning

A shop that sells food, or food from such a shop.

Examples

• “There is a grocery on the corner for milk and bread.”
• “The grocery on the corner sells milk after ten.”
• “We did a quick grocery shop before the self-catering flat.”

Good to know

a grocery shop / grocery shopping. Items: groceries. Mix-up: greasy.

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