What is "groceries"

Grocery \Gro"cer*y\, n.; pl. Groceries. [F. grosserie wholesale. See Grocer.]

1. The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense.

   A deal box . . . to carry groceries in.
   --Goldsmith.

   The shops at which the best families of the neighborhood bought grocery and millinery.
   --Macaulay.

2. A retail grocer's shop or store. [U. S.]

see grocery.

n. 1 The commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery. 2 (plural of grocery English) Multiple retailers of groceries.