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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

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Recent Examples of warehouse
Noun
Downstairs was bustling with half of the warehouse used for production and the other half for storage shelves and shipping. Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026 Both components were then added to 10 and 16-year-old bourbon still in barrels to marry and further age for another 12 months in BBC’s warehouses in Bardstown. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 June 2026
Verb
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 Sushi dinners and speedier shopping The desire for both convenience and cheaper food options has been a boon to warehouse clubs in recent years. Melissa Repko, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for warehouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warehouse
Noun
  • Think of this as a connected map of people, projects, documents, code repositories, goals, and decisions.
    Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
  • The Cradle-to-Career Data System is a statewide repository of public education and workforce data.
    Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • Transmission to people generally happens when virus-laden rodent excreta gets stirred up in dust and inhaled—for example, a person sweeping out a shed or garage with a rodent infestation without a mask.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
  • Homes, garages and sheds could also be seen surrounded by several feet of muddy, brown river and lake water.
    Sarah Brumfield, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In addition to striking trucks, fuel depots and supply convoys, Ukrainian drones are reportedly dropping mines along key supply routes, forcing Russian forces to contend with threats from both the air and the road below.
    David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • That was the bus depot where all of their kind of official buses started moving from back in the 40s, 50s.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
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
Noun
  • The next generation has to clear their stuff out of storage in the basement!
    Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
  • The wet bath is also vented and designed to be used as a storage space to dry out wet gear.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • All ages have plenty to keep themselves busy within the mammoth recreation centre, which houses the gym and aerial yoga studio, as well as the multi-room kid’s club.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
  • In Return to Grace, players take on the role of a future archaeologist who lands on a frozen alien planet to investigate a giant station that houses the godlike AI entity called Grace.
    Keith Langston, Space.com, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • Engineers had to come up with their own substitutes for some of the basic tools that other developers use to store code, launch websites, and set up servers.
    Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
  • Then the samples sat in an incubator for over 1,000 days, as the researchers focused on their other experiments into how microbes process and store carbon in soil.
    Siddhant Pusdekar, Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Leslie Day, a friend who hangared her plane near Ms. Bera’s at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, Calif., outside San Diego, estimated in an interview that Ms. Bera had spent the equivalent of more than three years in the pilot’s seat.
    Daniel E. Slotnik, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • 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

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“Warehouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warehouse. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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