store
store
(stɔːʳ )Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense stores , present participle storing , past tense, past participle stored
1. countable noun
A store is a building or part of a building where things are sold. In British English, store is used mainly to refer to a large shop selling a variety of goods, but in American English a store can be any size of shop.
Bombs were planted in stores in Manchester and Blackpool.
...grocery stores.
...a record store.
shop, outlet, department store, market, supermarket, mart, emporium [old-fashioned], chain store, hypermarket2. verb
When you store things, you put them in a container or other place and leave them there until they are needed.
Store the cookies in an airtight tin. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
Some types of garden furniture must be stored inside in the winter. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]
[Also VERB noun]put away, put in storage, put in store, lock away3. verb
4. countable noun
5. countable noun
A store is a place where things are kept while they are not being used.
...a decision taken in 1982 to build a store for spent fuel from submarines. [+ for]
...a grain store.
repository, warehouse, depot, storehouse, depository, storeroom6. countable noun
7. See also chain store, cold store, department store
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