storeroom

[ stawr-room, -room, stohr- ]

noun

1. a room in which stores are kept.
2. room or space for storage.

storeroom

/ -ˌrʊm; ˈstɔːˌruːm /

noun

1. a room in which things are stored
2. room for storing

Other Words From

• sub·storeroom noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of storeroom¹

First recorded in 1740–50; store + room

Example Sentences

Some stores are even considering telling customers they’ll refund them for products they bought and want to return—as long as the customer doesn’t actually return them to stores and clog up storerooms.

From Time

Onions can last up to three months in storage, so tainted onions may still be at large in storerooms, produce bins, or refrigerators.

From Popular-Science

But I advised him to lock himself up in his storeroom, and to crawl into the bottom of one of the empty hogsheads.

From Project Gutenberg

The prelate was dragged in the midst of these furious cries outside of the storeroom.

From Project Gutenberg

Somebody else led the way to a storeroom, tossed its contents into the hall, and festooned it with used computer tape.

From Project Gutenberg

Mother Minette saved us for pickle, but we fooled her and slipped out of the storeroom when she was not looking.

From Project Gutenberg

The lazaret of a coaster is a storeroom under the quarter-deck—repository of general odds and ends and spare equipment.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cellar
• granary
• silo
• storehouse