department store

noun

Synonyms of department storenext
: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods

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The store closure is a response to shifting consumer expectations regarding the traditional department store model, the company wrote in a press release shared with WWD. Denni Hu, Footwear News, 14 May 2026 There’s a subversive edge to this otherwise blithe simulacrum of a French salon inside the Printemps department store, with its frescoes, Languedoc marble tables and banquettes clad in Le Manach toile de Tours. Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026 None of these brands were DTC [direct-to-consumer] or sold at a mall store, or even, in many cases, a department store. Camilia Fateh, Vogue, 11 May 2026 The program, which was launched in 1994, was created in memory of Adam Walsh, a 6-year-old who was abducted from a department store in Hollywood, Florida. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026 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 16 May. 2026.

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department store

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