noun · neutral
pharmacy
UK/ˈfɑːməsi/US/ˈfɑːrməsi/PHAR·ma·cy
a shop or department where medicines are prepared and sold
Examples
“I went to the pharmacy to pick up my prescription.”
“The pharmacy opens at nine and closes at six.”
“She works in a hospital pharmacy preparing medicines for patients.”
Band 8 sentence
“I usually collect my prescriptions from the local pharmacy because the staff there are very helpful.”
Collocations
- go to the pharmacy / pick up medicine from the pharmacy
- hospital pharmacy / community pharmacy
Word family
Common mistakes
I go pharmacy to buy medicine.→I go to the pharmacy to buy medicine.
She works as pharmacy in a hospital.→She works in the hospital pharmacy / She works as a pharmacist in the hospital.
Say it for a higher band
5drugstore→6go to the pharmacy→7+pharmacy
Synonyms
drugstore
Easily confused
chemist
“I popped into the chemist to get some lozenges.”
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