stockroom

[ stok-room, -room ]

/ ˈstɒkˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

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noun

a room in which a stock of materials or goods is kept for use or sale.

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Origin of stockroom

First recorded in 1815–25; stock + room

Words nearby stockroom

Stockport, stockpot, stock power, stock raising, stockrider, stockroom, stock-route, stocks, stock saddle, stock shot, stock solution

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How to use stockroom in a sentence

Inside the stockrooms, I spy more air conditioners, plus towering stacks of washing machines, televisions, refrigerators, boxes of tea, cigarettes, pet food, beer, whisky, and lingerie—the secret shopping list of an entire nation.
The World’s Most Dangerous Mountains|jversteegh|October 18, 2021|Outside Online
His father worked in the stockroom of a Porsche manufacturing company and put his dreams aside to bring home money for his family.
‘The Intouchables’: Omar Sy on the Movie and His Success|Lorenza Muñoz|May 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
On the landing which led from the shop to the stockroom behind, my grandfather took up his position.
Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth|George Brandes
Are there any other stairs that lead down from the fourth floor other than those back stairs in the rear of the stockroom?
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Downstairs in the warehouse or stockroom whichever you want to call it.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
It was unfortunate, of course, that no orders reached the stockroom until ten o'clock.
The Knack of Managing|Lewis K. Urquhart and Herbert Watson
It proved resistant to every one of the antibiotics and antiviral agents in the Lancet's stockroom.
Star Surgeon|Alan Nourse

British Dictionary definitions for stockroom

stockroom

/ (ˈstɒkˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /

noun

a room in which a stock of goods is kept, as in a shop or factory

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