delicatessen
plural noun
del·i·ca·tes·sen ˌde-li-kə-ˈte-sᵊn 
1
: ready-to-eat food products (such as cooked meats and prepared salads)
2
singular, plural delicatessens [delicatessen (store)] : a store where delicatessen are sold
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Ronald Joel Glasser was born in Chicago on May 31, 1939, to parents who owned a delicatessen. 
Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 Other ideas included a no-cook dinner that only involved a trip to the delicatessen, or bringing the party to the kitchen so everyone pitched in on the cooking. Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2022 Crimo was apparently raised in Highland Park, where his father, Robert Crimo Jr., owns a delicatessen. Josh Margolin, ABC News, 5 July 2022 The humble origins of the Jewish delicatessen in America are traced via photographs, menus, neon signage, etc., in this tasty exhibit on view through Sept. 5. Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022 The humble origins of the Jewish delicatessen in America are traced via photographs, menus, neon signage, etc., in this tasty exhibit on view through Sept. 5. Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022 The humble origins of the Jewish delicatessen in America are traced via photographs, menus, neon signage, etc., in this tasty exhibit on view through Sept. 5. Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022 The humble origins of the Jewish delicatessen in America are traced via photographs, menus, neon signage, etc., in this tasty exhibit on view through Sept. 5. Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022 The mammal has been in urban — decidedly non-seaside — locations before: the median of a busy freeway, near a delicatessen and at a busy boulevard. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 May 2022 See More
Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 Other ideas included a no-cook dinner that only involved a trip to the delicatessen, or bringing the party to the kitchen so everyone pitched in on the cooking. Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2022 Crimo was apparently raised in Highland Park, where his father, Robert Crimo Jr., owns a delicatessen. Josh Margolin, ABC News, 5 July 2022 The humble origins of the Jewish delicatessen in America are traced via photographs, menus, neon signage, etc., in this tasty exhibit on view through Sept. 5. Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022 The humble origins of the Jewish delicatessen in America are traced via photographs, menus, neon signage, etc., in this tasty exhibit on view through Sept. 5. Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022 The humble origins of the Jewish delicatessen in America are traced via photographs, menus, neon signage, etc., in this tasty exhibit on view through Sept. 5. Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022 The humble origins of the Jewish delicatessen in America are traced via photographs, menus, neon signage, etc., in this tasty exhibit on view through Sept. 5. Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022 The mammal has been in urban — decidedly non-seaside — locations before: the median of a busy freeway, near a delicatessen and at a busy boulevard. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
obsolete German (now Delikatessen), plural of Delicatesse delicacy, from French délicatesse, probably from Old Italian delicatezza, from delicato delicate, from Latin delicatus
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
delicatessen
noun
del·i·ca·tes·sen ˌde-li-kə-ˈte-sᵊn
: a store where prepared foods (as salads and meats) are sold