storage

noun

stor·​age ˈstȯr-ij 

1

a

: space or a place for storing

b

: an amount stored

c

: memory sense 4

2

a

: the act of storing : the state of being stored

especially : the safekeeping of goods in a depository (such as a warehouse)

b

: the price charged for keeping goods in a storehouse

3

: the production by means of electric energy of chemical reactions that when allowed to reverse themselves generate electricity again without serious loss

Synonyms

• warehouse
• repository

Examples of storage in a Sentence

Her new house is much smaller, so she had to rent additional storage.

We need to get our furniture out of storage.

the body's storage of fat

the storage of nuclear waste

Recent Examples on the Web

When installing a large update for Cyberpunk 2077, a large game that requires dozens of gigabytes of storage, Windows abruptly stopped seeing the SSD that the game was installed on. —Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025

Investigators served search and arrest warrants on four homes and a storage unit in San Jose, Mountain View and Gilroy. —Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025

School buses in a storage lot on August 14 in Manchester, New Hampshire. —Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025

The British newspaper reported that Elon Musk's company was forced to offer discounts of up to 40% to U.K. car leasing companies, noting a lack of storage space nationwide for Tesla vehicles. —Sam Meredith, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing storage

• carbon capture and storage
• cold storage
• for storage
• in storage
• pre-storage
• pumped storage
• storage battery

Rhymes for storage

• borage
• forage
• porridge

Kids Definition

storage

noun

stor·​age ˈstōr-ij 

ˈstȯr-

1

a

: space or a place for storing

b

: an amount stored

c

: memory sense 5

2

a

: the act of storing : the state of being stored

b

: the price charged for storing something