store

¹store

verb \ˈstȯr\

storedstor·ing

Definition of STORE

transitive verb

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

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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