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dry goods

dry goods noun: any product for sale that does not require special storage treatment, especially textiles.

Noun

dry goods pl (plural only)

  1. (US, plural, plural-only) Any product for sale that does not require special storage treatment, especially textiles.
  2. (Commonwealth, plural, plural-only) Dry food that can be transported and stored without immediate danger of spoiling.
    Synonyms:
    white goods

Synonyms of dry goods

Questions about dry goods

What does dry goods mean?
Dry goods means any product for sale that does not require special storage treatment, especially textiles.
What part of speech is dry goods?
Dry goods is a noun.

Words near dry goods in the dictionary

  1. dry fogs
  2. dry food
  3. Dry Fork
  4. dry ginger
  5. dry gingers
  6. dry goods
  7. dry guillotine
  8. dry haze
  9. dry hazes
  10. dry heater
  11. dry heaters

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