drugstore

or drug store

[ druhg-stawr, -stohr ]

noun

1. the place of business of a druggist, usually also selling cosmetics, stationery, toothpaste, mouthwash, cigarettes, etc., and sometimes soft drinks and light meals.

drugstore

/ ˈdrʌɡˌstɔː /

noun

1. a shop where medical prescriptions are made up and a wide variety of goods and sometimes light meals are sold

Word History and Origins

Origin of drugstore¹

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10; drug ¹ + store

Example Sentences

None of this came easily to me, and I had to do it everywhere — ordering coffee, going to the drugstore, even pumping gas.

From Washington Post

He said he and other relatives had checked up on the couple this past weekend, bringing over precooked dinners for the week, picking up medicine at a drugstore and treating an injury to Lester Wilson’s leg.

From Washington Post

In the future, L’Oréal plans to create similar Perso-powered devices with many of its brands, from luxury makeup to drugstore skin care, to enable customers to fulfill all of their changing cosmetics needs easily and at home.

From Fortune

The drugstores and other providers that administer shots covered by Medicare or Medicaid will get a $45 fee for each two-shot regimen.

From Washington Post

Doctors, first responders, people in grocery stores, drugstores.

From Time

A few of those community leaders invited Scopes to the drugstore, bought him a fountain drink, and convinced him to stand trial.

From The Daily Beast

He was in a drugstore on a lunch break when he chanced to see a book titled The Execution of Pvt. Eddie Slovik.

From The Daily Beast

We met there because there was a drugstore or a candy store on the corner.

From The Daily Beast

“I had run out of razor blades ,and went to a drugstore, and had a really negative experience,” Katz-Mayfield told me.

From The Daily Beast

This is the same street where the drugstore, in which you always waited is located.

From The Daily Beast

What he did in this case was to stop in Bakersfield at a garage that had a combination drugstore and news-stand next door.

From Project Gutenberg

Finally he said he couldn't work anymore and was going to drive to the drugstore for something to cure indigestion.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a famous drugstore, and contained one of the first private telephone booths ever erected.

From Project Gutenberg

At the first drugstore he stopped, seeing a long-distance telephone booth inside.

From Project Gutenberg

Just get some money from your father and go to the drugstore for more bandages.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• boutique
• chain store
• convenience store
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• market
• outlet
• shop
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• showroom
• supermarket