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storeroom

American  
[stawr-room, -room, stohr-] / ˈstɔrˌrum, -ˌrʊm, ˈstoʊr- /

noun

  1. a room in which stores are kept.

  2. room or space for storage.


storeroom British  
/ -ˌrʊm, ˈstɔːˌruːm /

noun

  1. a room in which things are stored

  2. room for storing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • substoreroom noun

Etymology

Origin of storeroom

First recorded in 1740–50; store + room

Example Sentences

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The 37-year-old was scrolling through his phone in a makeshift bedroom upstairs when police stormed the building and chased him into a storeroom.

From BBC

Above the boarded-up storerooms on the ground floor, eight of the building's 10 apartments have become temporary homes for families displaced by the war.

From BBC

Through Colette, Gazala has found work at a shop on Second Avenue, and sleeps in the storeroom above.

From Los Angeles Times

In August, last year, the museum announced up to 2,000 objects from its storerooms were missing, stolen or damaged.

From BBC

A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed.

From Science Daily