department store

noun

: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods

Examples of department store in a Sentence

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Olivia Heller/The Hustle Because most malls relied on these anchor tenants to draw customers, the rise of big box stores as a replacement for the department stores meant the malls — and the specialty retailers inside them — faced financial problems of their own. Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 6 Dec. 2024 Plus, the shape of a typical mall and department store almost always requires a complete teardown to bring in housing. Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024 Details: The basement bar's aesthetics will feature wood and moody colors — a nod to the 1960s and '70s, when the space was the lower level of the department store. Linh Ta, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024 It’s carried at the department store Bongénie in two of its locations in Switzerland, but other countries are web sales only. Rhonda Richford, WWD, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for department store 

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of department store was in 1887

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“Department store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/department%20store. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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department store

noun
: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods
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