What does "convenience store" mean?

A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of items such as staples, junk food, and drugstore items, and which is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.

What is a synonym for "convenience store"?

Common synonyms include: bodegas, corner store, milk bar.

Convenience store

noun

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Noun

1
A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of items such as staples, junk food, and drugstore items, and which is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.
"Ah, that's nice. They have many convenience stores there for you to stand in front of."
2
a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items; open long hours for the convenience of customers wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bodegas corner store milk bar

Antonyms

All antonyms

indoor supermarket hypermarket

Example

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"Ah, that's nice. They have many convenience stores there for you to stand in front of."

Etymology

From convenience + store.

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