Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise;
commonly part of a retail chain;
[syn: department store, emporium]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Department store \De*part"ment store\
A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged
in several departments.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
department store
n 1: a large retail store organized into departments offering a
variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
[syn: department store, emporium]