warehouse
[noun wair-hous; verb wair-houz, -hous]
- a building, or a part of one, for the storage of goods, merchandise, etc.
- British. a large retail store.
- a building, or a part of one, in which wholesalers keep large stocks of merchandise, which they display and sell to retailers.
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- to place, deposit, or store in a warehouse.
- to set aside or accumulate, as for future use.
- to place in a government or bonded warehouse, to be kept until duties are paid.
- Informal. to confine (the mentally ill) to large institutions for long-term custodial care.
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Origin of warehouse
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Examples from the Web for warehouse
Contemporary Examples
But much of that gear went missing from the warehouse before the Kiev unit ever saw action.
The school itself could easily be mistaken for a warehouse or a big box national retail chain.
Native American Basketball Team in Wyoming Have Hoop Dreams Of Their OwnRobert Silverman
August 31, 2014
The next step was to steal one of the six pound tuna cans from the warehouse.
Warehouse farms might be the answer to the global food crisis.
I worked in a warehouse packing surf supplies, a restaurant washing dishes, in retail, and I was a “sandwich artist” at Subway.
Margot Robbie on ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ and the Perils of Having Sex On Top of a Pile of CashMarlow Stern
January 8, 2014
Historical Examples
A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
He was at the warehouse with the earliest clerk and left it with the latest.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
Then I promptly forgot all about her and ran off into a warehouse where the gang had gone to slide.
The HarborErnest Poole
My father's warehouse, too, lost its mystery as I grew older.
The HarborErnest Poole
As I drudged on down there in the warehouse, my bitterness became an obsession.
The HarborErnest Poole
warehouse
- a place where goods are stored prior to their use, distribution, or sale
- See bonded warehouse
- mainly British a large commercial, esp wholesale, establishment
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- (tr) to store or place in a warehouse, esp a bonded warehouse
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Word Origin and History for warehouse
v.
1799, from warehouse (n.). In the colloquial sense from 1972. Related: Warehoused; warehousing.
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