Meaning & use
grocers
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People or shops that sell food and household supplies.
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The neighborhood grocers all raised their prices after the storm damaged supply routes.
She still buys her vegetables from one of the small independent grocers downtown.
A note on using this word
In British English, 'the grocers' (with an apostrophe often dropped in speech) can also informally refer to a single grocery shop, similar to 'the butcher's.'
Words with a similar meaning
greengrocersfood sellers
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