dry goods

Noun

Meaning

A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

white goods dress frock tog fabric cloth textile attire gown garb ready-to-wear haberdashery haberdasher soft goods attirement
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Antonyms

peel exposure strip abstract bare uncover
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Examples

In an age robbed of religious symbols, going to the shops replaces going to the church. We have a free choice, but at a price. We can win experience, but never achieve innocence. Marx knew that the epic activities of the modern world involve not lance and sword but dry goods. Stephen Bayley

After being donated a fridge from a local resident early in November, Ahmed and Zolfiqar said their next step was to build a winterized shelter for it, as well as shelves for non-perishable items and dry goods. Source: Internet

Born in New York City as the third child of a merchant in French dry goods, Melville's formal education ended abruptly after his father died in 1832, leaving the family in financial straits. Source: Internet

In 1557, China decided to lease Macau to the Portuguese as a place where they could dry goods they transported on their ships, which they held until 1999. Source: Internet

Consider removing many of your dry goods like sugars, flours, and bulk mixes in airtight containers. Source: Internet

Lately, says Sareva, the ADC’s borrowers have been more ambitious: food and dry goods wholesalers, pharmacies, even clinics and urgent care centers. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dry foodstuffs dry fruit covering dry gangrene dry goods store dry ground dry guillotine