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dry goods

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Food
ˈdry goods noun [plural]  1. DFgoods such as tobacco, tea, and coffee that do not contain liquid 干货〔如烟草、茶叶、咖啡等〕2 American EnglishTIMSHOP/STORE things that are made from cloth such as clothes, sheets, and curtains 纺织品〔如衣服、床单、窗帘等〕 a dry goods store 纺织品商店
Examples from the Corpus
dry goodsBazaar, which keeps track of spending trends in haute couture and dry goods, notes that luxury is back.Charleston and Fairbank arose to provide food and dry goods to the miners and millworkers.Her father owns the big dry goods store.Use the glazed cupboards to display attractive china and to provide storage space for attractively packaged dry goods.
From Longman Business Dictionarydry goodsˈdry goodsCOMMERCE1goods such as tobacco, tea, coffee, and sugar that are not in liquid form2American English things such as clothes, sheets, and curtains that are made from cotton or other clotha dry goods store goods
ˈdry goods nounChineseSyllable
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dry goods
ˈdry goods noun [plural]
1. goods such as tobacco, tea, and coffee that do not contain liquid
2. American English things that are made from cloth such as clothes, sheets, and curtains:
    a dry goods store


dry goodsBrE /ˈdraɪ ɡʊdz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdraɪ ɡʊdz/ 🔊 noun [plural] (BrE) types of food that are solid and dry, such as tea, coffee and flour 干货(old-fashioned, NAmE) cloth and things that are made out of cloth, such as clothes and sheets 纺织品(如衣服、被单等)a dry goods store纺织品商店   compare drapery