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store

Syllabification: (store)
Pronunciation: /stôr/

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Definition of store

noun

  • 1a retail establishment selling items to the public:a health-food store
  • [as modifier] store-bought:there’s a loaf of store bread
  • 2a quantity or supply of something kept for use as needed:the squirrel has a store of food figurativeher 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.
  • British a computer memory.
  • 3chiefly British a 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
  • [no object] remain fresh while being stored:they do not ship or store well

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 (something) 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

store in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of store in the British & World English dictionary