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drygoods

drygoods is the alternative form of dry goods.

Meaning of dry goods

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

Questions about drygoods

What is drygoods the alternative form of?
Drygoods is the alternative form of dry goods.

Words near drygoods in the dictionary

  1. dryfired
  2. dryfires
  3. dryfiring
  4. Dryfoos
  5. dryfoot
  6. drygoods
  7. drygoodsman
  8. drygoodsmen
  9. drygulch
  10. drygulched
  11. drygulcher

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drygoods (page history and authors); dry goods (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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