storehouse

noun

store·​house ˈstȯr-ˌhau̇s 

1

: a building for storing goods (such as provisions) : magazine, warehouse

2

: an abundant supply or source : repository

a storehouse of information

Synonyms

• warehouse
• repository

Examples of storehouse in a Sentence

the company has a large storehouse filled with lumber for manufacturing its line of furniture

Recent Examples on the Web

For Keoua’s raid on Kamehameha’s storehouses, Campeau and his team built them to just burn. —Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2025

Instead, a group of Jewish zealots burned the city’s storehouses in order to force the population to fight rather than wait out or appease their adversaries. —Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025

With its first original show, Hayu is asserting itself as not just a storehouse for American reruns but a force of its own. —Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 July 2025

The room felt like a storehouse of relics, as if the movies of their legators were palpable in the air. —Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for storehouse

• boardinghouse
• charterhouse
• clearinghouse
• coffeehouse
• customhouse
• firehouse
• meetinghouse
• motherhouse
• packinghouse
• pilothouse
• powerhouse
• slaughterhouse

Kids Definition

storehouse

noun

store·​house ˈstō(ə)r-ˌhau̇s 

ˈstȯ(ə)r-

1

: a building for storing goods

2

: a large supply : repository

a storehouse of information