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   Store

   /stôr/

   

   noun

   • 1. a retail establishment selling items to the public: North American "a health-food store" Similar shopretail outletresellerdepartment storechain storeemporiumsupermarkethypermarketsuperstoremartinformal:shedbig box
   • ▪ store-bought: "there's a loaf of store bread"
   • 2. a quantity or supply of something kept for use as needed: "the squirrel has a store of food" Similar supplystockstockpilereservecachehoardaccumulationcumulationquantitypileheaploadfundbankpoolminewealthdepositreservoirinventoryrepertoirerepertoryrare:amassment
   • ▪ a place where things are kept for future use or sale: "a grain store"
   • ▪ supplies of equipment and food kept for use by members of an army, navy, or other institution, or the place where they are kept. Similar suppliesprovisionsstocksrationsfoodfoodstuffsformal:comestiblesprovender
   • ▪ a computer memory. British
   • 3. a sheep, steer, cow, or pig acquired or kept for fattening. British

   verb

   • 1. keep or accumulate (something) for future use: "a small room used for storing furniture" Similar keepkeep in reservestowstockpilelay in/asideset asideput awayput downput to one sidedepositsavehoardcachestock up with/onget in supplies ofcollectgatheraccumulatecumulateamasshusbandreservepreserveinformal:put away for a rainy daysquirrel awaysalt awaystashput into storageput in storestow (away)put awaywarehouseOpposite usediscard
   • ▪ retain or enter (information) for future electronic retrieval: "the data is stored on disk"
   • ▪ have a supply of (something useful): "a mind well stored with esoteric knowledge"
   • ▪ remain fresh while being stored: "they do not ship or store well"

   Word Origin Middle English: shortening of Old French estore (noun), estorer (verb), from Latin instaurare ‘renew’; compare with restore.

   Derivatives

   • 1. storable adjective
   • 2. storer noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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