grocery
part of speech
noun (grocery, groceries); adjective (grocery store, grocery list)
meaning for a pupil
1) A grocery, or grocery store, is a shop that sells food and things for the home. In the UK it is often a supermarket or a grocer's. tree →
2) Groceries are the food and other things you buy there, like milk, bread, fruit and soap. tree →
3) Grocery shopping is going to buy the food for the week. tree →
sense in the lessons
Shopping: items bought, prices added, change from a note. In everyday life: a grocery list, carrying the bags, comparing prices, budgeting. In safety: stay with your grown-up in the store. Phrases: «grocery store», «grocery list», «do the groceries», «bags of groceries».
examples
- Mom spent 45 dollars on groceries. tree →
- She carried 4 bags of groceries. tree →
- The grocery store sells eggs for 3 dollars a dozen. tree →
- How much change does she get from 50 dollars? tree →
- I helped Dad write the grocery list. tree →
- We put the groceries away in the fridge. tree →
- The grocery store is two blocks from our house. tree →
- Can you help me carry the groceries in from the car? tree →
note
Money spent on groceries is added up and often taken from the money she had (change = money given − total). Trap: bags of groceries are counted things, the dollars are the amount spent. «Groceries» is usually plural; «grocery» alone is mostly an adjective (grocery bag) in the USA.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «grocery» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.