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DELICATESSEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shop selling ready-to-eat food products
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("delicatessen" is a kind of...):
shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "delicatessen"):
charcuterie (a delicatessen that specializes in meats)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Ready-to-eat food products
Synonyms:
delicatessen; delicatessen food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("delicatessen" is a kind of...):
convenience food (any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating)
