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delis

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

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Around where I work, if you subtract the food trucks you have crappy delis and greasy steam table places.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A surname.

noun

(informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.

noun

(informal) Food sold at a delicatessen.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for delis.

noun

A surname.

noun

(informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.

noun

(informal) Food sold at a delicatessen.

Example sentences

1

Around where I work, if you subtract the food trucks you have crappy delis and greasy steam table places.

2

Of course there are some good artisan food trucks and jewish delis, but nothing much better sub-shop-wise than chains like Jersey Mike's or Subway.

3

Most people do get their meat from supermarkets in Norway, but a lot of butchers have cleverly turned their stores into high-end gourmet delis.

4

Imagine the NYC delis, usually owned by immigrants and minorities who couldn't care less, suddenly be on the frontier of adoption of a cashless system.

5

Corner delis, even supermarkets are not allowed to sell it.

6

That being said, I've also seen plenty in the delis around that have a very blatant camera installed directly above the screen.

7

If we were to apply this logic to the real world, one would reach the startling conclusion that delis are wealthier than high fashion boutiques.

8

Around the time he was finally considering retirement, the prices went up from at or below Togos/Subway prices to what you would see these days at any of the popular New York Jewish delis.

9

Uh, not likely - I think half of the corner stores, and most of the low-end restaurants and delis, around here buy at least some of their inventory from Costco.

10

Groceries, gyms, dry cleaners, wash-and-folds, restaurants, and delis are so close to the majority of places you can live that you have no need for a vehicle.

11

He also has a pretty decent real estate portfolio and is planning on opening up at least 3 other delis in the next 5 years and perhaps building up a brand and franchising them out.

12

Given the choice between unhealthy almost-but-not-quite zero-variety food and healthy actually zero-variety food, the latter strikes me as the better option - and if you don't happen to live near a source of good food (no bakeries, butchers, delis, fresh fruit vendors, etc.

Quote examples

1

Keep salaries low and equity high." "Don't pay people a fair salary; instead, offer them bespoke lunches catered by the finest local delis, a bus pass, and the promise of an amount of equity ultimately so trivial that even if the company sells for a couple hundred million, they still won't be a millionaire after all the taxing is said and done.

2

However, since I've moved to the UK I noticed that people are so used to buying horrible foil-packed bread in supermarkets, that all bakeries look as some kind of delis - they make "artisinal" and "hand made" bread made with "lots of love and care" and therefore end up costing 5x the price of the cheap toast-bread variety, and people talk about it as if you've been buying caviare for dessert.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use delis in a sentence?

Around where I work, if you subtract the food trucks you have crappy delis and greasy steam table places.

What does delis mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is delis?

delis is commonly used as noun.