supermarket

[soo-per-mahr-kit] /ˈsu pərˌmɑr kɪt/

noun

a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.

any business or company offering an unusually wide range of goods or services:

a financial supermarket that sells stocks, bonds, insurance, and real estate.

Origin

1920-25, Americanism; super- + market

Examples from the web for supermarket

Buy a supermarket pineapple with healthy green leaves.
Often fetching high prices at the supermarket, they're surprisingly easy to grow.
All the ingredients you need are at the supermarket.
Look for horseradish root in the supermarket's produce section.
Some of the tastiest oranges in the world never end up in your supermarket.
Short shelf life in the supermarket so it's never as fresh as you want it.
The building is slated to be bulldozed within a few months to make way for a supermarket.
Yes, the stray graduate student who sees you at the supermarket will notice, and perhaps scuttle off to tell his or her cronies.
After two weeks, the supermarket reversed its decision.
For example, ethnic food offerings in the supermarket section, sports-team t-shirts in the apparel section vary across locations.

British Dictionary definitions for supermarket

/ˈsuːpəˌmɑːkɪt/

noun

a large self-service store retailing food and household supplies

Word Origin and History for supermarket

1933, American English, from super- + market (n.). The 1933 reference is in an article that says the stores themselves began to open around 1931.