big-box store

  • 1big-box store — UK US noun [countable] [singular big box store plural big box stores] a large shop that sells a lot of different types of goods including food, medicines, and often things such as washing machines Thesaurus: types of shop …

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  • 2big-box store — big box ,store noun count AMERICAN a very large store, usually outside a town in a special shopping area, where large companies can sell their products direct to customers: Manufacturers have been lured away from department stores and into big… …

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  • 3Big-box store — Superstore redirects here. For the hypermarket chain in Canada, see Real Canadian Superstore. For other uses, see Supermarket. Exterior of a Walmart Supercenter, an archetypal big box store, in Madison Heights, Virginia. A big box store (also… …

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  • 4big-box store — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms big box store : singular big box store plural big box stores a large shop that sells a lot of different types of goods including food, medicines, and often things such as washing machines …

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  • 5big-box store — n. A large format store, typically one that has a plain, box like exterior and at least 100,000 square feet of retail space. big boxing pp. Example Citation: Manufacturers such as RCA and Sony, which used to depend on department stores to get… …

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  • 6big box store — /ˌbɪg bɒks stɔ:/ noun a large retail superstore that sells a very wide range of merchandise from groceries to refrigerators or televisions …

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  • 7big box — ˌbig ˈbox 8 [big box] (also ˌbig box ˈstore) noun (NAmE …

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  • 8big-box — UK US adjective [before noun] ► used to describe a very big store: »Several small grocery stores have closed since the opening of a big box store just outside town. »big box developments …

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  • 9big-box: — «BIHG boks», noun a building that is a large, low, featureless rectangle, usually a store: »The company is locked in a battle with other big boxes those huge, windowless cinderblock piles off the mall. (New York Times) –adjective. –big box: big… …

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  • 10big-box — «BIHG boks», noun a building that is a large, low, featureless rectangle, usually a store: »The company is locked in a battle with other big boxes those huge, windowless cinderblock piles off the mall. (New York Times) –adjective. –big box: big… …

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