Used in a Sentence

delicatessen

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for delicatessen.

Editorial note

He worked for a railroad, was a realtor, owned a lumber yard, and lastly owned a delicatessen.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of delicatessen gathered in one view.

noun

A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.

noun

Delicacies; exotic or expensive foods.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for delicatessen.

Example sentences

1

He worked for a railroad, was a realtor, owned a lumber yard, and lastly owned a delicatessen.

2

French don’t eat them though, they are sold to Japan, to be eaten very fat, as delicatessen.

3

These can be found in any specialist ‘Tales of Magic’ delicatessen or curiosity shop.

4

Locals fed it to dogs, and it was served as delicatessen in Paris restaurants.

5

The on-site buildings contain a delicatessen/grocery, office space, residential apartments, several auto-repair shops, and warehousing space.

6

I've never seen Delicatessen but if it's like these other films, I'll check it out.

7

People do go to Wal Mart for delicatessen items.

8

It's like visiting a Walmart for delicatessen items.

9

>Joe Cornacchia, who keeps the delicatessen, usually has a dozen or so keys at a time for handing out like this.

10

> Like a $19 turkey sandwich at an airport What's wrong with $19 turkey sandwich, is delicatessen 25€ turkey sandwich better?

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But yes, it'd be hard to keep them fresh while not inflating the costs too much (I don't expect them to be sold as expensive delicatessen).

12

> People do go to Wal Mart for delicatessen items.

Quote examples

1

From the "only-good-meat" eater that don’t restrain for the (probably industrial) delicatessen slice during a wedding cocktail.

2

He also directed "Delicatessen" that used a chemical process to give the film a gold glow.

3

I was using the term "delicatessen" as a quality indentifier, not merely as a product category.

4

Note that this is the same process that we eventually apply to every other loanword; next time you talk to a German, watch them cringe at "delicatessens" as the plural to "delicatessen".

Proper noun examples

1

Delicatessen itself is a French loanword (délicatesse) in German that's wrongly pluralized, it should be délicatesses not delicatessen.

2

You want to buy Bob's Delicatessen, a business which makes a tidy profit with their storefront schlepping sandwiches to the local cube farm dwellers.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use delicatessen in a sentence?

He worked for a railroad, was a realtor, owned a lumber yard, and lastly owned a delicatessen.

What does delicatessen mean?

A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.

What part of speech is delicatessen?

delicatessen is commonly used as noun.