CONSUMER GOODS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does consumer goods mean? 

• CONSUMER GOODS (noun)
  The noun CONSUMER GOODS has 1 sense:

1. goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption

  Familiarity information: CONSUMER GOODS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONSUMER GOODS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("consumer goods" is a kind of...):

commodity; good; trade good (articles of commerce)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "consumer goods"):

article of clothing; clothing; habiliment; vesture; wear; wearable (a covering designed to be worn on a person's body)

consumer durables; durable goods; durables (consumer goods that are not destroyed by use)

fashion (consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode)

foodstuff; grocery ((usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer)

 Context examples 

They are also used in cosmetics and other consumer goods.

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