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

• depository
• depot
• magazine
• repository
• storehouse
• warehouse

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

But this also puts it in direct competition with vendors that have stronger application-layer ecosystems and more focused storage plays. —Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025

Box — The stock jumped nearly 11% following the cloud storage company’s earnings and revenue beat for its fiscal first quarter. —Brian Evans, CNBC, 28 May 2025

Investigators quickly determined it had been rented using the Bounce storage app by Kelemen’s roommate, Joseph Del Rivo, per the documents obtained by KLAS and the Review-Journal. —Christina Coulter, People.com, 27 May 2025

Reddit quickly latched onto Ciara's cake storage theory, and the resulting thread indicated that keeping cake in the oven is an old-school practice throughout the South. —Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 27 May 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