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Noun: convenience store
Usage: US
  1. A store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items; open long hours for the convenience of customers
    "He stopped at the convenience store to pick up milk and bread on his way home";
    - corner shop [Brit], mini-market [Brit], minimart [N. Amer], milk bar [Austral], dairy [NZ]

Derived forms: convenience stores

Type of: shop, store

Encyclopedia: Convenience store