Dispensary

noun

noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place or room where something is dispensed; An institution that dispenses medical supplies and advice.
  2. 2
    clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed wordnet
  3. 3
    A place or room where something is dispensed; A retail establishment that sells marijuana and related supplies to customers with a prescription to use it for medical purposes.
  4. 4
    A place or room where something is dispensed; Synonym of pharmacy, particularly one included in a hospital that does not act as a point of sale. dated

    "He watched for a while, pacing the small, slippery cobbles, then made for the deep shade of a stone porch on the other side of the square, where a sheet with a red cross on it had been draped around a pillar. A two-wheeled field dispensary with no driver stood outside the building."

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pharmacyapothecary shopblood bankcharity wardchemistchemist's

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"I thought it was a tea shop, but it was a marijuana dispensary."

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