supermarkets

Main Entry:
emporium [em-pawr-ee-uhm, -pohr-]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: market
Synonyms: bazaar, boutique, chain, co-op, cut-rate store, discount store, five-and-dime, flea market, galleria, mall, mart, outlet, outlet store, shop, shopping center, shopping plaza, stand, store, supermarket, thrift shop
Main Entry: market/mart
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place, venue for selling goods
Synonyms: bazaar, bodega, booth, business, chain store, co-op, corner store, deli, delicatessen, department store, dimestore, drugstore, emporium, exchange, fair, general store, grocery store, mall, mart, outlet, shop, shopping mall, showroom, souk, square, stall, stock exchange, store, supermarket, trading post, truck, variety store, warehouse
Main Entry: shop
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place of retail business
Synonyms: boutique, chain, deli, department store, emporium, five-and-dime, market, mill, outlet, showroom, stand, store, supermarket
Notes: at first, shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred
Main Entry: store
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: business establishment that sells goods
Synonyms: boutique, chain store, convenience store, deli, department store, discount house, discount store, drugstore, emporium, five-and-dime, five-and-ten, grocery store, market, mart, outlet, repository, shop, shopping center, showroom, specialty shop, stand, storehouse, super*, superette, supermarket
Notes: at first, shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Store.
Category: 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience
Synonyms:
-nouns
stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount, fountain; well, wellspring; milch cow., stock in trade, supply; heap (collection); treasure; reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche., crop, harvest, mow, vintage., store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack; lumber; relay (provision)., storehouse, storeroom, storecloset; depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory; repertorium; promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine; buttery, larder, spence; garner, granary; cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom; thesaurus; bank (treasury); armory; arsenal; dock; gallery, museum, conservatory; menagery, menagerie., reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond; gasometer., budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio; coffer (receptacle)., conservation; storing; storage.
-verbs
store; put by, lay by, set by; stow away; set apart, lay apart; store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up; bank; cache; accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save., reserve; keep back, hold back; husband, husband one's resources., deposit; stow, stack, load; harvest; heap, collect; lay in store.
-adjectives
keep, file [papers]; lay in (provide) [more]; preserve., stored ; in store, in reserve, in ordinary; spare, supernumerary.
-phrases
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