store
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
a grocery: We need bread and milk from the store.
a stall, room, floor, or building housing or suitable for housing a retail business.
a supply or stock of something, especially one for future use.
stores, supplies of food, clothing, or other requisites, as for a household, inn, or naval or military forces.
Chiefly British. a storehouse or warehouse.
quantity, especially great quantity; abundance, or plenty: a rich store of grain.
to supply or stock with something, as for future use.
to accumulate or put away, for future use (usually followed by up or away).
to deposit in a storehouse, warehouse, or other place for keeping.
Computers. to put or retain (data) in a memory unit.
to take in or hold supplies, goods, or articles, as for future use.
to remain fresh and usable for considerable time on being stored: Flour stores well.
bought from a store; commercial: a loaf of store bread.
Idioms about store
in store,
in readiness or reserve.
about to happen; imminent: There is a great deal of trouble in store for them if they persist in their ways.
set / lay store by, to have high regard for; value; esteem: She sets great store by good character.
Origin of store
1Other words for store
Other words from store
- storer, noun
- o·ver·store, verb, o·ver·stored, o·ver·stor·ing.
- substore, noun
- well-stored, adjective
Words Nearby store
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How to use store in a sentence
Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider took to social media to condemn anti-maskers who went into a Florida Target store blaring the group’s hit “We’re Not Gonna Take It” while ripping off their masks.
Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider does not approve of anti-maskers using ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ | radmarya | September 17, 2020 | FortuneIt also could help slow climate change, she notes, by storing more carbon where it can’t be released into the air.
Soggy coastal soils? Here’s why ecologists love them | Alison Pearce Stevens | September 17, 2020 | Science News For StudentsSnowflake started out going after just one part of the database market, the data warehouses that stored big data and fed business analytics apps.
The Cupertino-based company is reportedly launching an online store in the world’s second-largest smartphone market later this month.
Apple’s online store plan for India is the right move at the right time | Ananya Bhattacharya | September 14, 2020 | QuartzIt’s also incredibly easy to store and carry from one place to another.
Here they are semi-touching at a grocery store; she likes kombucha.
All Your Internet Boyfriends Are Taken: Gosling, Cumberbatch, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Melissa Leon | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was born in an apartment above the grocery store owned by his immigrant parents in South Jamaica, Queens.
Mario Cuomo, a Frustrating Hero to Democrats, Is Dead at 82 | Eleanor Clift | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAlong the way, Brinsley turned into a drug store, but it is not clear whether he bought anything.
The people you work with, or see at your grocery store, or your church?
It's nothing for someone to walk up to me in the store or at a restaurant and ask for an autograph or speak to me.
Porn Stars on the Year in Porn: Drone Erotica, Belle Knox, and Wild Sex | Aurora Snow | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis gives to the second volume something of the smell of an apple store-room.
In this traffic he made money so fast that he opened an office, and subsequently a store of his own, in the Escolta.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThe dry earth, sun-baked to a depth of many feet, was giving off its store of heat accumulated during the day.
The Red Year | Louis TracyAt the store he would never have given in, but he was not accustomed to hearing so loud a murmur of approval greet the opposition.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydThat she was a product of the prairies and a wonderful future was in store for her because of the fact that her work was original.
The Homesteader | Oscar Micheaux
British Dictionary definitions for store
/ (stɔː) /
(tr) to keep, set aside, or accumulate for future use
(tr) to place in a warehouse, depository, etc, for safekeeping
(tr) to supply, provide, or stock
(intr) to be put into storage
computing to enter or retain (information) in a storage device
an establishment for the retail sale of goods and services
(in combination): storefront
a large supply or stock kept for future use
(as modifier): store ship
short for department store
a storage place such as a warehouse or depository
(in combination): storeman
the state of being stored (esp in the phrase in store)
a large amount or quantity
computing, mainly British another name for memory (def. 7)
Also called: store pig a pig that has not yet been weaned and weighs less than 40 kg
an animal bought lean to be fattened up for market
(as modifier): store cattle
in store forthcoming or imminent
lay store by, put store by or set store by to value or reckon as important
Origin of store
1- See also stores
Derived forms of store
- storable, adjective
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Other Idioms and Phrases with store
see in store; mind the store; set store by; variety store.
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