store

¹store

transitive verb \ˈstȯr\

storedstor·ing

Definition of STORE

1

: lay away, accumulate <store vegetables for winter use> <an organism that absorbs and stores DDT>

2

: furnish, supply; especially : to stock against a future time <store a ship with provisions>

3

: to place or leave in a location (as a warehouse, library, or computer memory) for preservation or later use or disposal

4

: to provide storage room for : hold <elevators for storing surplus wheat>

— stor·able \ˈstȯr-ə-bəl\ adjective

Examples of STORE

1. I stored my furniture until I found a new apartment.
2. She stores her jewels in a safe.
3. The wine should be stored at room temperature.
4. The solar panels store energy.
5. They're studying how our brains store memories.

Origin of STORE

Middle English, from Anglo-French estorer to establish, restore, supply, from Latin instaurare to resume, restore

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to STORE

Synonyms

keep, put up, reposit, stow

Related Words

cellar, garage, hangar, house, warehouse; file, pack, shelve

Near Antonyms

cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling (off or away), jettison, throw away, throw out, unload; consume, squander, use up, waste; hand out, hand over, relinquish, surrender; blow, dissipate, fritter (away), lavish, misspend, run through, spend; deplete, exhaust, expend, impoverish; dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter

Rhymes with STORE

boar, Boer, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, crore, door, floor, for, fore, four, frore, gore, Gore, hoar, lore, mor, more, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, poor, pore, pour, roar, score, shore, snore, soar, sore, splore, spoor, spore, Thor, tor, torr, war, whore, yore, your

²store

noun

Definition of STORE

1

a : something that is stored or kept for future use

b plural : articles (as of food) accumulated for some specific object and drawn upon as needed : stock, supplies

c : something that is accumulated

d : a source from which things may be drawn as needed : a reserve fund

2

: storage —usually used with in <when placing eggs in store — Dublin Sunday Independent>

3

: value, importance <set great store by a partner's opinion>

4

: a large quantity, supply, or number : abundance

5

a : storehouse, warehouse

b chiefly British : memory 4

6

: a business establishment where usually diversified goods are kept for retail sale <a grocery store> — compare shop

— in store

: in readiness : in preparation <there's a surprise in store for you>

Examples of STORE

1. I'm going to the store to buy groceries.
2. The stores are always crowded around the holiday season.

First Known Use of STORE

13th century

Related to STORE

Synonyms

cache, deposit, hoard, reserve

Antonyms

ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, nip, ounce, peanuts, pinch, pittance, scruple, shade, shadow, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), speck, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, taste, touch, trace

Related Words

budget, fund, nest egg; armory, arsenal, bank, pool, reservoir, stock, stockpile, supply; accumulation, assemblage, collection, gathering

Near Antonyms

atom, crumb, dot, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, grain, granule, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, mote, nubbin, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, shred, tittle, whit; smatter, smattering; dash, drop, morsel, shot; piece, portion, section; absence, dearth, famine, lack, paucity, poverty, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want; deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, meagerness, scantiness, scantness, skimpiness

³store

adjective

Definition of STORE

1

or stores : of, relating to, kept in, or used for a store

2

: purchased from a store as opposed to being natural or homemade : manufactured, ready-made <store clothes> <store bread>

Examples of STORE

1. <preferred homemade bread to store brands>

First Known Use of STORE

1574

Related to STORE

Synonyms

bought, mass-produced, off-the-peg [chiefly British], off-the-rack, off-the-shelf, ready–made, store-bought

Antonyms

bespoke (also bespoken), custom, customized, custom-made, tailored, tailor-made

Related Words

ready-to-wear; commercial; prefab, prefabricated; hand-me-down

Near Antonyms

handcrafted, handmade, homemade

Other Business Terms

amortize, caveat emptor, clearinghouse, divest, due diligence, emolument, green-collar, marque, overhead, perquisite