EMPORIUM (emporia)

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Irregular inflected form: emporia   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does emporium mean? 

• EMPORIUM (noun)
  The noun EMPORIUM has 1 sense:

1. a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain

  Familiarity information: EMPORIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMPORIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

department store; emporium

Hypernyms ("emporium" is a kind of...):

mercantile establishment; outlet; retail store; sales outlet (a place of business for retailing goods)

Holonyms ("emporium" is a member of...):

retail chain (a chain of retail stores)

 Context examples 

The founder of that great emporium proved to be a brisk, crisp little person, very dapper and quick, with a clear head and a ready tongue.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)