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

And almost a year ago, a fire burned at a battery storage site in Moss Landing for two days, requiring more than 1,000 people to be evacuated.

From Los Angeles Times

Western Digital and Seagate make long-term storage, or what’s called nonvolatile memory, meaning the data stays when the power is turned off.

From Barron's

Bitcoin emerged in January 2009, yet no federal legislation has been enacted to regulate the creation, transmittal and storage of cryptocurrencies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tesla on Friday also said it delivered a record 14.2 gigawatt-hours of energy storage products in the December quarter, showing the growth of its energy business.

From MarketWatch

In a master plan released over summer, the company laid out a vision in which artificial intelligence, robotics and energy storage systems eliminate scarcity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• cache
• depot
• repository
• stockpile
• storehouse