chemist's shop
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chemist's shop — noun a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold • Syn: ↑drugstore, ↑apothecary s shop, ↑chemist s, ↑pharmacy • Derivationally related forms: ↑pharmaceutic (for: ↑pharmacy), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
chemist's — n. a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold; a {drugstore}. [British] Syn: drugstore, apothecary s shop, chemist s shop, dispensary, pharmacy. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shop — Shop, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.] 1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chemist's — noun a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold • Syn: ↑drugstore, ↑apothecary s shop, ↑chemist s shop, ↑pharmacy • Derivationally related forms: ↑pharmaceutic (for: ↑pharmacy) … Useful english dictionary
chemist — [[t]ke̱mɪst[/t]] chemists 1) N COUNT: oft the N A chemist or a chemist s is a shop where drugs and medicines are sold or given out, and where you can buy cosmetics and some household goods. Compare , pharmacy. [BRIT] There are many creams… … English dictionary
chemist */*/ — UK [ˈkemɪst] / US noun [countable] Word forms chemist : singular chemist plural chemists 1) chemist or chemist s British a shop that sells medicines, beauty products, and toiletries 2) British someone who works in a chemist s shop preparing and… … English dictionary
chemist — [ˈkemɪst] noun [C] 1) chemist or chemist s British a shop that sells medicines, beauty products, and TOILETRIES Syn: pharmacy 2) British someone whose job is preparing and selling medicines in a chemist s shop Syn: pharmacist 3) a scientist who… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
shop — n. & v. n. 1 a building, room, etc., for the retail sale of goods or services (chemist s shop; betting shop). 2 a place in which manufacture or repairing is done; a workshop (engineering shop). 3 a profession, trade, business, etc., esp. as a… … Useful english dictionary
chemist — noun 1 (BrE) person who prepares and sells medicines ⇨ See also druggist ADJECTIVE ▪ local ▪ dispensing PHRASES ▪ chemist s shop, the chemist s ▪ I ve … Collocations dictionary
chemist — chem‧ist [ˈkemst] also chemist s noun [countable] shop where you can buy medicines, beauty products etc; = DRUGSTORE AmE * * * chemist UK US /ˈkemɪst/ noun [C] ► a person who studies chemistry, or a scientist who works with chemicals … Financial and business terms
