Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: commissary
IPA transcription: [k'ɑməs,ɛɹi]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: commissary
    Meaning: a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)
Usage examples
  • In one hand he held a can of condensed milk that he had smuggled from the commissary department that afternoon.
  • We have no fresh vegetables here, except potatoes, and have to depend upon canned stores in the commissary for a variety, and our meat consists entirely of beef, except now and then, when we may have a treat to buffalo or antelope.