delicatessendel‧i‧ca‧tes‧sen /ˌdelɪkəˈtesən/ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINdelicatessen
ExamplesOrigin:
1800-1900 German, French délicatesse ‘delicacy’, from Latin delicatusEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Thesaurus- Along the way he dropped into a delicatessen and picked up some sandwiches and sodas.
- Instead, patronize brightly lit all-night delicatessens.
- Many delicatessen foods should be eaten and appreciated just as they are, requiring no elaborate preparation or cooking.
- Many continental fresh cheeses have now found their way to the supermarket shelves and to the specialist delicatessen.
- Now Fungi Wild are available all year from Safeway and delicatessens.
- The organic food most commonly found in a delicatessen is cheese.
- Then it was usually delicatessen, a filled roll or some cheese or fruit, anything that could be gobbled up quickly.
- You should be able to find pancetta at any good supermarket delicatessen.
Longman Language Activatordifferent types of shop► supermarket
a shop that sells high quality cheeses, salads, cooked meats etc also grocery store American a large shop that sells a wide range of things, especially food, cleaning materials, and other things that people buy regularly: · Can you get pine nuts in the grocery store?· There are plans to open a new supermarket next year.
► convenience store especially American a shop in your local area that sells food, alcohol, magazines etc and is often open 24 hours a day: · Believe me, if his father wasn't so rich, that guy would be working in a convenience store.
► corner shop British /corner store American a small local shop, usually on the corner of a street, that sells food, newspapers, cigarettes etc: · The corner shop's started selling sandwiches now, and I'd rather go there than the supermarket.· His parents ran a little corner store in the Castro in San Francisco.
► bakery also baker's British a shop that sells bread and cakes, especially one that also makes the bread and cakes: · She runs a French bakery in North London.
► butcher British /butcher shop American a shop that sells meat: · Many small independent butchers are closing down.
► delicatessen also deli informal a shop, or part of a larger shop, that sells high quality food such as cheeses and cold meats, often from different countries: · There's an Italian deli here and their homemade ravioli is delicious.deli counter (=the part in a large shop where high-quality cheese, cold meat etc is sold): · I had to wait for fifteen minutes at the deli counter this morning.
► off licence British also offie informal, also liquor store American a shop that sells beer, wine, and other alcoholic drinks that you drink at home
► chemist also chemist's British /drugstore American a shop that sells medicines, beauty and baby products etc
► pharmacy especially American a shop or part of a shop where medicines are made and sold
► hardware store also hardware shop British a shop that sells equipment and tools that you can use in your home or garden
► newsagent's/newsagent British a shop that sells newspapers and magazines, cigarettes, chocolates etc: · Ruth waited for him outside the newsagent's.
► newstand/newsstand a small structure on a street, that sells newspapers and magazines: · He bought a paper at a newstand near the entrance to the park.
► kiosk a very small shop on a street, that has an open window where you can buy newspapers, cigarettes, chocolate etc: · There must be a kiosk selling phone cards around here somewhere.
► stall especially British /stand American a table, especially in a market, where goods are placed: · Justin used to mind the stall while his father was in the cafe, drinking.· I bought a few trinkets at the souvenir stand.market stall: · The trouble is, you can't really try the clothes on at a market stall.