Foodstuff vs. Grocery

Foodstuffnoun

A material that may be used as food.

Grocerynoun

(usually groceries) retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.

Foodstuffnoun

(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer

Grocerynoun

A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

Foodstuffnoun

a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food

Groceryverb

(intransitive) To go grocery shopping.

Foodstuffnoun

a substance suitable for consumption as food

‘rationing of staple foodstuffs was introduced’; ‘the people depend on sago starch as a basic foodstuff’;

Groceryverb

(transitive) To furnish with groceries.

Grocerynoun

The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; - in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense.

‘A deal box . . . to carry groceries in.’; ‘The shops at which the best families of the neighborhood bought grocery and millinery.’;

Grocerynoun

A retail grocer's shop or store.

Grocerynoun

a marketplace where groceries are sold;

‘the grocery store included a meat market’;

Grocerynoun

(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer

Grocerynoun

a grocer's shop or business.

Grocerynoun

items of food sold in a grocery or supermarket.