"general store" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: general stores [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} general store (plural general stores)
  1. A store which sells a large variety of useful things, without specializing highly in any particular type of merchandise, and which is not departmentalized. Synonyms: general merchandise store, general dealer Coordinate_terms: village shop Translations (a store which sells a large variety of useful things): 雜貨店 (Chinese Mandarin), 杂货店 (záhuòdiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), bygdarhandil [masculine] (Faroese), sekatavarakauppa (Finnish), magasin général [masculine] (French), grand magasin [masculine] (French), Kaufhaus [neuter] (German), Kramladen [masculine] (German), Gemischtwarenhandlung [feminine] (German), Gemischtwarenladen [masculine] (German), παντοπωλείο (pantopoleío) [neuter] (Greek), 百貨店 (hyakkaten) (alt: ひゃっかてん) (Japanese), 雑貨屋 (zakkaya) (alt: ざっかや) (Japanese), yl-stoyr (Manx), универса́льный магази́н (universálʹnyj magazín) [masculine] (Russian), универма́г (univermág) [masculine] (Russian), универса́м (universám) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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