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drug store

drug store is the alternative form of drugstore.

Meaning of drugstore

Noun

drugstore (plural drugstores)

  1. (Canada, US) Synonym of pharmacy, especially a small standalone general store which includes a pharmacy.
    • In past recessions, drugstores were virtually immune from a turndown. […] If a patient comes into a pharmacy and has a prescription for an injectable or infused product, we’ll be able to take that prescription, scan it in and send the injectable to the patient’s home or a drugstore or refer them to...2009 January 3, Amy Zipkin, “Drugstores, Too, Feel Recession Pain”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
    Synonyms:
    pharmacy

Forms of drug store

pluraldrug stores

Questions about drug store

What is drug store the alternative form of?
Drug store is the alternative form of drugstore.

Words near drug store in the dictionary

  1. drug run
  2. drug runner
  3. drug runners
  4. drug running
  5. drug runs
  6. drug store
  7. drug stores
  8. drug test
  9. drug tested
  10. drug testing
  11. drug tests

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