storage

American  

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

noun

• storages
  plural

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

Derived Forms

• nonstorage
  noun
• prestorage
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• storages
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of storage

First recorded in 1605–15; store + -age

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Explanation

Storage refers to storing something, like in a basement or attic. People keep all sorts of things in storage — from fur coats to bowling trophies. When you store something, you put it away somewhere safe, so storage is the act of storing. Squirrels gather nuts and put them in storage by hiding them. A grocery store might use a stockroom for storage. If you have canned food in the basement, that's storage. Some storage is for emergencies, while other storage is for things you might want to look at another time, like old photos. Things in storage are being saved for later.

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

storage storages

They are also challenging to modify genetically and can be damaged during freezing and storage, complicating the production and distribution of cell therapies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Apple’s foldable costs at least $100 more at each level of storage capacity than both Google’s Pixel 11 Pro Fold and Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold8.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Holmes hauls out of storage the infamous Theranos device, the machine that helped bring down her company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Natural gas storage is expected to have risen by 75 Bcf last week, according to a WSJ survey of analysts, which would reduce the inventory surplus over the five-year average for a ninth straight week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The polar bear swished his big paw around inside the storage compartment, looking for something else to eat.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

The next day, grain flat storages were targeted, resulting in the complete destruction of two flat storages with a combined storage capacity of 5,000 metric tons, it said.

From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2023

The new program aims to pool rainy-day funds for vaccine production and purchases, as well as investment in low-temperature storages and training of health workers to prepare for the next global pandemic, the paper said.

From Reuters ● May 13, 2023

Slovakia has about one-third of the country’s one-year consumption in its gas storages and was planning to have enough gas for the winter season stored by July 10.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2022

We’re located far away from the airport and ammunition storages.

From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2022

There will be great storages of force for every city, and for every house if required, and this force man will convert into heat, light, or motion, according to his needs.

From Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man by Oscar Wilde

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