warehouse 1 of 2

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
By calling this jail a 'deportation depot,' DeSantis is reducing human beings to commodities—objects that can be warehoused, processed, and shipped away. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025 The facility did not have the proper permits to warehouse large quantities of fireworks. Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2025
Verb
That may, in part, be due to the fact that Amazon’s MCF and Buy With Prime programs require a financial investment from individuals and entities storing merchandise in the company’s warehouses. Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025 Ohio has 13 Costco warehouse locations. Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for warehouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warehouse
Noun
  • Our current ideas about archives as these infinite repositories feel like a bit of a fiction.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The internet has become a repository of LGBTQ+-themed Miss Honey memes, who has been noted as a gay icon on Reddit threads, X (formerly Twitter) posts and Tumblr reblogs.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Born in Lille, France, to an Algerian mother and French father, Vanhee grew up listening to garage rock and scouring flea markets for one-off looks.
    WWD Staff, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • There’s also a separate two-bedroom lodge on-site, plus garages for seven cars.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • According to an investigative report compiled by the Middle East Forum, using on-the-ground sources embedded in Iranian military installations across Syria since 2018, Iran has not only constructed underground tunnels and weapons depots for its disposal.
    Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The pencil-thin dining room was introduced as part of the train depot’s 2014 renovation.
    Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Structured enough to cellar, but irresistible right now.
    Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Shipments include six total bottles, two of each selection, so members have one to enjoy now and one to cellar for savoring at a later date.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Best Home Deals Under $50 Not all home must-haves are pricey appliances and gadgets — these beloved blankets, storage solutions, candles, and more are all less than $50.
    Shalwah Evans, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The design calls for battery energy storage systems to handle short-term fluctuations with millisecond response, while hydrogen reserves provide long-duration, seasonal backup through fuel cells and turbines.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The number of employees that will be housed at the Speedway Industrial Park building site were not known.
    Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Backlogs out of Hong Kong, which houses the largest cargo airport on earth, are expected to persist through mid-October after Typhoon Ragasa caused widespread flight cancellations across the region and South China.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Single service handles not stored facing one direction to minimize hand contact with the business end or with the handle facing upright.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Rachel's wedding dress is currently being cleaned, and then will be stored in hopes of future use.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
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 8 Oct. 2025.

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