supermarket

[ soo-per-mahr-kit ]

noun

1. a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
2. any business or company offering an unusually wide range of goods or services:

   a financial supermarket that sells stocks, bonds, insurance, and real estate.

supermarket

/ ˈsuːpəˌmɑːkɪt /

noun

1. a large self-service store retailing food and household supplies

Word History and Origins

Origin of supermarket¹

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; super- + market

Example Sentences

While supermarket Aldi chipped in at Jaguar's "Copy Nothing" slogan with: "You sound like our legal team."

From BBC

Across the city, those in the Sense charity shop in Hillsborough Barracks can combine a hunt for vintage items with fresh produce at the Morrisons supermarket next door.

From BBC

If anything, it is attacking you, its troops already arrayed in drugstore aisles, advancing through catalog pages, singing its songs through supermarket speakers, with the pine and fir trees that will fill vacant and parking lots across the country close behind.

From Los Angeles Times

“Whenever you have a marketing campaign that can go to your exercise bike, that can go to your supermarket, that can really exit the theater and permeate the culture — that’s when you know the studio has really pulled out all the stops,” Loria said.

From Los Angeles Times

Any trip to the supermarket reminds us that prices have risen sharply in recent years.

From BBC

Related Words

• boutique
• chain store
• convenience store
• deli
• department store
• discount store
• drugstore
• emporium
• grocery store
• market
• outlet
• shop
• shopping center
• showroom