As a letter s
is the letter s with a.
As a noun drugstore is
(chiefly|us|canada) a pharmacy; a retail store, the main product of which is medications (usually both prescription and non-prescription), along with first aid and other similar products.
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Translingual
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Letter
The nineteenth letter of the .
Symbol
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wikipedia)
(
mul-symbol)
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
See also
(
Latn-script)
*
* (esh)
* (dze)
*
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Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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drugstore
English
Alternative forms
* drug store
Noun
(
en noun)
(chiefly, US, Canada) A pharmacy; a retail store, the main product of which is medications (usually both prescription and non-prescription), along with first aid and other similar products.
Usage notes
* Most drugstores also carry an assortment of other health and beauty products, and some may carry many other products such as groceries, books and magazines, consumer electronics, etc. Some drugstores may obtain the majority of their revenue from these additional products.
* Some supermarkets (large grocers) and department stores may have a pharmacy inside the main store, but such a pharmacy is not usually referred to as a drugstore .
Synonyms
* pharmacy
* apothecary
* chemist, chemist's (UK)
* (owned and operated by pharmacist) druggist's, druggist, pharmacist's; (UK)
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