storage

[ stawr-ij, stohr- ]
See synonyms for storage on Thesaurus.com
noun
  1. the act of storing; state or fact of being stored: All my furniture is in storage.

  2. capacity or space for storing.

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

  2. Computers. memory (def. 11).

  3. the price charged for storing goods.

Origin of storage

1
First recorded in 1605–15; store + -age

Other words from storage

  • non·stor·age, noun
  • pre·stor·age, noun

Words Nearby storage

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use storage in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for storage

storage

/ (ˈstɔːrɪdʒ) /


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

  2. space or area reserved for storing

  1. a charge made for storing

  2. computing

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

    • (as modifier): a storage device; storage capacity

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with storage

storage

see in cold storage.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.