dry goods
noun [plural] COMMERCEDefinition
› (also dry commodities) UK products that do not contain liquid, for example, tea, sugar, and flour: Use canisters to protect your rice, flour, cereal, and other dry goods from going stale.
› US products such as clothes, sheets, curtains, etc., rather than things such as food or tools: dry goods business/company/store
(Definition of dry goods noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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