Store

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɔː(ɹ)/, enPR: stôr
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Origin

Middle English, from Old French, from Latin instaurare

Full definition of store

Noun

1. A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.This building used to be a store for old tires.
2. A supply held in storage.
• Orwell Animal Farm|6By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began , under the superintendence of the pigs ...
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3. (mainly North American) A place where items may be purchased.I need to get some milk from the grocery store.
4. (computing, dated) Memory.The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time.
5. A large amount of information retained in one's memory.His vast store of jokes means he has something funny to say in every situation.
6. A great quantity or number.
• MiltonWith store of ladies, whose bright eyes
  Rain influence, and give the prize.

Synonyms

• (supply held in storage) stock, supply
• (place from which items may be purchased) boutique, shop UK; see also
• (in computing) memory

Derived terms

Related terms

• storage

Verb

1. (transitive)  To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
• 1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter 1, The half-dozen pieces … were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
2. I'll store these books in the attic.
3. (transitive, computing)  Write (something) into memory or registers.
   This operation stores the result on the stack.
4. (intransitive)  To remain in good condition while stored.
   I don't think that kind of cheese will store well in the refrigerator.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• resto
• torse