store

[ stawr ]

/ stɔr /

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noun

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.

verb (used with object), stored, stor·ing.

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.

verb (used without object), stored, stor·ing.

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.

adjective

bought from a store; commercial: a loaf of store bread.

OTHER WORDS FOR store

9 amass, save, husband; hoard, stockpile.

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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

First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English verb storen, shortening of astoren, from Old French estorer, from Latin instaurāre “to repeat, start over, set up,” equivalent to in- intensive prefix + combining form staur- (akin to Greek staurós “pole, cross” and Old Norse staurr “pole”) + -āre infinitive suffix; noun derived from the verb; see origin at in-², steer¹, restore

OTHER WORDS FROM store

storer, nouno·ver·store, verb, o·ver·stored, o·ver·stor·ing.substore, nounwell-stored, adjective

Words nearby store

storage ring, storage tube, storage wall, storax, storax family, store, store and forward, Store Bælt, store-bought, store brand, store card

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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|Fortune
It 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 Students
Snowflake started out going after just one part of the database market, the data warehouses that stored big data and fed business analytics apps.
Meet Snowflake, one of the buzziest tech IPOs ever|Aaron Pressman|September 15, 2020|Fortune
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|Quartz

It’s also incredibly easy to store and carry from one place to another.
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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|DAILY BEAST
He 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|DAILY BEAST
Along the way, Brinsley turned into a drug store, but it is not clear whether he bought anything.
Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours|Michael Daly|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The people you work with, or see at your grocery store, or your church?
Obama Is Right on Race. The Media Is Wrong.|Keli Goff|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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.
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This gives to the second volume something of the smell of an apple store-room.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
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 Foreman
The 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 Tracy
At 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 Lloyd
That 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

store

/ (stɔː) /

verb

(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

noun

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

Derived forms of store

storable, adjective

Word Origin for store

C13: from Old French estor, from estorer to restore, from Latin instaurāre to refresh; related to Greek stauros stake

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store

see in store; mind the store; set store by; variety store.

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