Associations to the word «Delicatessen»

Wiktionary

DELICATESSEN, noun. (countable) A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.
DELICATESSEN, noun. (plural only) Delicacies; exotic or expensive foods.

Dictionary definition

DELICATESSEN, noun. Ready-to-eat food products.
DELICATESSEN, noun. A shop selling ready-to-eat food products.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats