storeroom

noun

store·​room ˈstȯr-ˌrüm How to pronounce storeroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
1
: a room or space for the storing of goods or supplies
2

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But not at the new V&A East Storehouse, where London’s Victoria and Albert Museum has opened up its storerooms for visitors to view — and in many cases touch — the items within. Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025 The place is flooded with booze, wrought with gambling, and steamy with lovers on the dancefloor and canoodling in storerooms. Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2025 The Simon Wiesenthal Center said the files were found in a storeroom at a former Nazi headquarters in Buenos Aires. Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025 The pipe burst again in July 2022, 8 feet beneath a storeroom on the first floor. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for storeroom

Word History

First Known Use

1685, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of storeroom was in 1685

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“Storeroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/storeroom. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.

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storeroom

noun
store·​room -ˌrüm How to pronounce storeroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room for the storing of goods or supplies

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