warehouse

1 of 2

noun

ware·​house ˈwer-ˌhau̇s 

: a structure or room for the storage of merchandise or commodities

warehouse

2 of 2

verb

ware·​house

ˈwer-ˌhau̇z,

-ˌhau̇s 

warehoused; warehousing; warehouses

transitive verb

1

: to deposit, store, or stock in or as if in a warehouse

2

: to confine or house (a person) in conditions suggestive of a warehouse

Synonyms

Noun

• depository
• depot
• magazine
• repository
• storage
• storehouse

Examples of warehouse in a Sentence

Noun

when the warehouse burned down, we lost most of our merchandise

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The nonprofit has been using the warehouse for volunteer production shifts and to store equipment, supplies, and food. —George Avalos, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024

San Diego is facing both rising homelessness and a deficit, and some leaders want to prioritize converting an empty warehouse into a 1,000-bed facility and using a lot by the airport as a safe parking site for 200 vehicles. —Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2024

Verb

Instead, California’s approach to Housing First entails little more than warehousing people in permanent-supportive housing (PSH) units. —Christopher Calton, Orange County Register, 17 May 2024

Soon after Trump and Mnuchin left office, President Biden scrapped the plan, paving the way for TikTok to forge ahead in a deal with Oracle to warehouse U.S. users’ data domestically. —Tony Romm, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1766, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

warehouse

noun

ware·​house

ˈwa(ə)r-ˌhau̇s,

ˈwe(ə)r-

: a building for the storage of goods

warehouseman

-ˌhau̇-smən

noun