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supermarket

/ˌsuːpəˈmɑːkɪt/noun

A big self-service shop selling food and often household items, medicine, and clothing.

Example sentence

  • She stops at the supermarket on her way home to pick up groceries.

Americans often say 'grocery store' for the same place. 'Hypermarket' is the term for the giant kind in much of Europe.

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