general store
noun
: a retail store located usually in a small or rural community that carries a wide variety of goods including groceries but is not divided into departments
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In a general store, Lucas fights and injures a boy who bullies Jacob.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 May 2025
The historic creamery building also housed a rustic, circa 1914 rural post office and, for a time, a small general store where children could buy an ice cream bar for a nickel.
—Kathe Tanner, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Above ground, this family-friendly spot has a general store and ice cream shop.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 4 Apr. 2025
The project known as the Terminal Island Japanese American Tuna Street Buildings aims to preserve the vacant buildings and possibly use them for a cultural center or a general store as there was in the 1940s.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 8 May 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 May 2025
The historic creamery building also housed a rustic, circa 1914 rural post office and, for a time, a small general store where children could buy an ice cream bar for a nickel.
—Kathe Tanner, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Above ground, this family-friendly spot has a general store and ice cream shop.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 4 Apr. 2025
The project known as the Terminal Island Japanese American Tuna Street Buildings aims to preserve the vacant buildings and possibly use them for a cultural center or a general store as there was in the 1940s.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for general store
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“General store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20store. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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