general store
A store which sells a large variety of useful things, without specializing highly in…A store which sells a large variety of useful things, without specializing highly in any particular type of merchandise, and which is not departmentalized.
» Her father has a general store.
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1 sensesA store which sells a large variety of useful things, without specializing highly in any particular type of merchandise, and which is not departmentalized.
Kaufhaus, Kramladen, Gemischtwarenhandlung
универса́льный магази́нuniversálʹnyj magazín, универма́гunivermág, универса́мuniversám
- a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise
Examples
9 sentencesHer father has a general store.
Tom went to the general store.
As soon as he graduated, he went to work in his father's general store.
I went to a general store but they wouldn't let me buy anything specific.
Bruno used to work in a general store.
Translations
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Forms
plural: general stores| Singular | general store |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise:country storetrading post