store

 
Pronunciation: /stɔː/

noun

  • 1a quantity or supply of something kept for use as needed: the squirrel has a store of food figurative her vast store of knowledge
  • a place where things are kept for future use or sale: a grain store
  • (stores) supplies of equipment and food kept for use by members of an army, navy, or other institution, or the place where they are kept: cupboards for medical stores he keeps the ship’s stores crates started arriving at the quartermaster’s stores
  • British a computer memory.
  • 2chiefly North American a shop of any size or kind: a health-food store
  • British a large shop selling different types of goods: [with modifier]: DIY stores [as modifier]: a store manager
  • (also stores) British a shop selling basic necessities: a well-stocked village store
  • 3a sheep, steer, cow, or pig acquired or kept for fattening.

verb

[with object]
  • keep or accumulate (something) for future use: a small room used for storing furniture
  • retain or enter (information) for future electronic retrieval: the data is stored on disk
  • (be stored with) have a supply of (something useful): a mind well stored with esoteric knowledge

Phrases

in store

  • 1in a safe place while not being used or displayed: items held in store
  • 2coming in the future; about to happen: he did not yet know what lay in store for him

set (or lay or put) store by (or on)

consider to be of a particular degree of importance or value: many people set much store by privacy

Phrases

store something up

create problems for the future by failing to address a particular situation adequately at the time: they’re storing up trouble by denying opportunities to younger players

Derivatives

storable

adjective

storer

noun

Origin:

Middle English: shortening of Old French estore (noun), estorer (verb), from Latin instaurare 'renew'; compare with restore