- general store
- nouna retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise• Syn: ↑country store, ↑trading post• Hypernyms: ↑mercantile establishment, ↑retail store, ↑sales outlet, ↑outlet
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noun: a retail store located usually in a small or rural community which carries a wide variety of consumer convenience goods including groceries but is not departmentized* * *
a store, usually in a rural area, that sells a wide variety of merchandise, as clothing, food, or hardware, but is not divided into departments.[1825-35, Amer.]* * *
a shop that sells a wide range of products, often found in small communitiesThesaurus: types of shophyponym* * *
general store,a store that carries a wide variety of goods for sale.* * *
noun, pl ⋯ stores [count]: a store usually in a small town that sells many different things including groceries* * *
a shop/store that sells a wide variety of goods, especially one in a small town or village•
She runs the post office and general store.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.