Definition of "grocery" in English

noun

1. (attributive) Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.

   • 1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations Where ten thousand pounds can be employed in the grocery trade, the wages of the grocer's labour make but a very trifling addition...

2. A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

   • 1854: Henry David Thoreau, Walden I observed that the vitals of the village were the grocery, the bar-room, the post-office, and the bank...

verb

1. (intransitive) To go grocery shopping.

2. (transitive) To furnish with groceries.