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noun

ˈwer-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce warehouse (audio)
Definition of warehousenext
as in repository
a building for storing goods when the warehouse burned down, we lost most of our merchandise

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verb

as in to garage

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Recent Examples of warehouse
Noun
Despite the progress, none of these demonstrations suggest that biological computers will soon serve in Amazon warehouses or chauffeur you around town in a Waymo. — Mike McRae 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026 Tom Wicky is the cofounder and CEO MyFBAPrep, a global warehouse network that serves top Amazon sellers and enterprise brands. — Tom Wicky, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
That seems like total nonsense to David Brooks, owner of Just Bulbs, a third-generation bulb man who warehouses incandescents like a typewriter repairman stocking ribbons. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026 Plastics and especially aluminum aren’t warehoused in large supplies. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for warehouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warehouse
  1. repository
  2. garage
  3. depot
  4. cellar
  5. storage
  6. house
  7. store
  8. hangar
Noun
  • That's more in line with tasks that use multipage documents, code repositories, or scientific datasets.
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps the biggest vote of confidence has been Nvidia’s acquisition of Hugging Face, a repository of open-source AI models that has become as integral to developers’ processes as GitHub.
    — Kevin Cochrane, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of repository
Verb
  • Go through the shed and garage and throw out clutter that has collected over the summer.
    — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Parking Paid parking is available in multiple surface lots and garages around the event site, including Union Station’s West Yards Garage.
    — Kendrick Calfee May 22, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
Definition of garage
Noun
  • Juba, South SudanAP — A drone strike on a market in Abyei, a border region disputed by Sudan and South Sudan, hit a nearby fuel depot, killing at least 153 people and igniting a fire that was still burning Tuesday, a local official said.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The Saudi strike on the oil depot appeared to be in response to the Houthis’ attack on King Khalid International Airport in ​Riyadh on Saturday that killed 13 people and left over 300 injured.
    — Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of depot
Verb
  • Shipments include six bottles total, two of each selection, so members have one to open now and one to cellar for savoring at a later date.
    — Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Structured enough to cellar, but irresistible right now.
    — Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Definition of cellar
Noun
  • Moreover, central banks significantly diversified their overseas storage in 2026 (10%) compared to the year prior (2%), and this year were more likely (9%) to have increased domestic storage compared to 2025 (5%).
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • SpaceX’s planned orbital data centers, meanwhile, could potentially benefit from access to Tesla’s battery and energy storage products.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of storage
Verb
  • Zygielbaum was surprised however that the DOJ reached out only to him, and not the Republican clerk in neighboring Weld County, which also houses a sizable portion of that same congressional district.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 22 Oct. 2026
  • By 2018, the F50 had reportedly been acquired by Chinese billionaire and Instagram influencer Shin Mike Yin, who houses his collection of rare exotics—including a few examples from Pagani and Bugatti—in Dusseldorf, Germany.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of house
Verb
  • This is stored energy capacity and doesn’t necessarily translate 100 percent into driving range.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Meta describes this option as permanently deleting chat history, stored files and active tasks.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of store
Verb
  • The issue of high fuel prices came to the board’s attention in late spring when airport tenants – which range from flight schools, to charter aircraft, to hangar renters – began to complain to board members.
    — Jordan Graham, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2017
Definition of hangar

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