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 of warehouse

Noun

• repository
• depot
• storage

Examples of warehouse in a Sentence

Noun

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Funding from Congress has stayed relatively flat, even as costs have risen, leading teams to struggle to pay for basic things like vehicle maintenance and rent for the warehouses to store their equipment. —Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 4 Dec. 2025

The drone delivery service can deliver packages weighing up to five pounds within an hour to customers who live within a seven- to eight-mile radius of one North Texas Amazon warehouse. —Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Dec. 2025

Verb

America was waging a war on drugs, which was really a war on poor Black and brown communities that ended up warehousing a generation of young people in prison. —Dread Scott, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025

Cureate does not warehouse or distribute food products, the company buys purchases the food order and the farmer delivers it to the customer, Bryden said. —Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1766, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for warehouse

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

Kids Definition

warehouse

noun

ware·​house

ˈwa(ə)r-ˌhau̇s, 

ˈwe(ə)r-

: a building for the storage of goods

warehouseman

-ˌhau̇-smən

noun