storage

American  

[stawr-ij, stohr-] / ˈstɔr ɪdʒ, ˈstoʊr- /

noun

1. the act of storing; state or fact of being stored.

   All my furniture is in storage.

2. capacity or space for storing.

3. a place, as a room or building, for storing.

4. Computers. memory.

5. the price charged for storing goods.

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storage British  

/ ˈstɔːrɪdʒ /

noun

1. the act of storing or the state of being stored

2. space or area reserved for storing

3. a charge made for storing

4. computing

   1. the act or process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape, disk, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      a storage device

      storage capacity

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storage Idioms  

1. see in cold storage.

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Other Word Forms

• nonstorage noun
• prestorage noun

Etymology

Origin of storage

First recorded in 1605–15; store + -age

Example Sentences

It sent Gavalas to a storage facility near the Miami International Airport to intercept an expensive humanoid robot that it said would be in a truck.

From The Wall Street Journal

That couldn’t come soon enough for strained Middle Eastern storage facilities and looming production cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal

A representative for Acacio’s practice told a couple via email that storage tanks with the embryos were moved from Laguna Niguel to his office in Bakersfield on Dec. 17, according to the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times

At the same time, U.S. inventories would swell and could slow production because there’s no more available storage, he added.

From MarketWatch

At the same time, U.S. inventories would swell and could slow production because there’s no more available storage, he added.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• cache
• depot
• repository
• stockpile
• storehouse