noun
Etymology
Origin of storehouse
First recorded in 1300–50, storehouse is from the Middle English word storhous. See store, house
Example Sentences
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History is inescapable in the Middle East, always present, a storehouse of justification to be plundered.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2025
Testing the technique in fruit flies, the researchers found that 51 proteins voyaged from the animals’ muscles to their heads and 269 moved from the fat body, the insects’ main energy storehouse, to their legs.
From Science Magazine • May 22, 2024
This means that atoms contain a colossal storehouse of energy — "atomic energy," as it was called at first, although "nuclear energy" is more common today.
From Salon • Aug. 12, 2023
In 2013, a storehouse that was built on top of the cemetery more than 500 years earlier was converted into a parking garage.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022
It was challenging, and my storehouse of general knowledge made it easy for me to talk about almost anything.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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