From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsupermarketsu‧per‧mar‧ket /ˈsuːpəˌmɑːkɪt $ -pərˌmɑːr-/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] BBTSHOP/STOREa very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes
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supermarket• Her doorman was perched on a folding chair, his attention largely given over to a supermarket tabloid.• There are plans to open a new supermarket next year.• Some imitation products are available on supermarket shelves.• I, who can not reach anything on the top shelf at the supermarket?• Leasure advises consumers to amass coupons only for products you regularly use, organize the coupons by aisles in the supermarket.• Some quality-graded lamb can be purchased in the supermarket.• In the supermarket and the local shop they are, at present, the only one.• If the product is approved, genetically engineered tomatoes could be on the supermarket shelves by 1993.• There was also a thrilling supermarket trolley formation display by the Safeway Green Arrows.From Longman Business Dictionarysupermarketsu‧per‧mar‧ket /ˈsuːpəˌmɑːkət, ˈsjuː--pərˌmɑːr-/ noun [countable] COMMERCEa large shop selling very many different kinds of food and other products used especially in the homeSales growth in UK supermarkets rose by almost 13%.Canada’s largest supermarket chain (=several shops owned by the same company) has 40% of the market. → financial supermarket 