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drugstore

/ˈdɹʌɡ.stɔː(ɹ)/US/ˈdɹʌɡ.stoɹ/

drugstore noun: synonym of pharmacy, especially a small standalone general store which includes a pharmacy.

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

drugstore meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Kannada

drugstore in Hindi

pharmacy
औषधालय auṣdhālay

drugstore in Bengali

ওষুধের দোকান, পৃথিবীর অনেক দেশে ফার্মেসি, দাওয়াখানা

drugstore in Kannada

ಮದ್ದಿನಂಗಡಿ, ಅಂಗಡಿಮದ್ದು, ಅಂಗಡಿಮೂಲಿಕೆ

Examples of drugstore in a sentence

  • The corner drugstore doesn’t carry his favorite brand of aspirin.
  • Phillip purchased a bag of licorice chews at the drugstore.
  • He did a runner after robbing the drugstore.

All 24 example sentences with drugstore

Synonyms of drugstore

Forms of drugstore

pluraldrugstores
alternative formdrug store

Plural of drugstore: drugstores

Origin of drugstore

From drug + store.

Words formed from drugstore

Phrases with drugstore

Questions about drugstore

What does drugstore mean?
Drugstore means synonym of pharmacy, especially a small standalone general store which includes a pharmacy.
What is drugstore in Hindi?
Drugstore in Hindi is औषधालय (auṣdhālay). See Drugstore meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is drugstore?
Drugstore is a noun.
How do you pronounce drugstore?
Drugstore is pronounced /ˈdɹʌɡ.stoɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of drugstore?
The plural of drugstore is drugstores.

Words near drugstore in the dictionary

  1. drugshop
  2. drugshops
  3. drugsploitation
  4. drugster
  5. drugsters
  6. drugstore
  7. drugstore beetle
  8. drugstore beetles
  9. drugstore cowboy
  10. drugstore cowboys
  11. drugstore dice

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: drugstore (page history and authors); drugstore (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); drugstore (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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