warehouse

[wair-hous, wair-houz, -hous]

noun

plural

warehouses 

1. a building, or a part of one, for the storage of goods, merchandise, etc.

2. British.,  a large retail store.

3. a building, or a part of one, in which wholesalers keep large stocks of merchandise, which they display and sell to retailers.

verb (used with object)

warehoused, warehousing 

1. to place, deposit, or store in a warehouse.

2. to set aside or accumulate, as for future use.

3. to place in a government or bonded warehouse, to be kept until duties are paid.

4. Informal.,  to confine (the mentally ill) to large institutions for long-term custodial care.

warehouse

noun

1. a place where goods are stored prior to their use, distribution, or sale

2. See bonded warehouse

3. a large commercial, esp wholesale, establishment

verb

1. (tr) to store or place in a warehouse, esp a bonded warehouse

Other Word Forms

• miniwarehouse noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of warehouse¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; ware ¹, house

Example Sentences

Fifth Third Chief Executive Timothy Spence said last month that the loss on its warehouse loan was an isolated incident and its collateral had been checked out by an unnamed third-party service provider.

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“They go to warehouses, distribution centers and get loaded up on rail or usually trucks — so there’s a lot of jobs in the California economy that depend on products that have Teflon.”

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The imbalance has been exacerbated by stockpiling at metals warehouses around the world because of the threat of a silver tariff.

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He frequently criticizes “overdevelopment” in the suburbs, including new home construction, and he supports impact fees to slow the spread of warehouses.

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In recent years Walmart has automated many of its warehouses with the help of AI-related technology, triggering some job cuts, executives said.

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