- n. an electronic memory device (view details)
- n. a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services (view details)
- n. a depository for goods (view details)
- n. a supply of something available for future use (view details)
- v. keep or lay aside for future use (view details)
- v. find a place for and put away for storage (view details)
Meaning 1: (noun) an electronic memory device
Usage Example(s): a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached
Synonym(s): computer memory ( what does computer memory stand for? ), computer storage ( what does computer storage stand for? ), memory ( what does memory stand for? ), memory board ( what does memory board stand for? ), storage ( what does storage stand for? )
store is a kind of: computer hardware ( what does computer hardware stand for? ), hardware ( what does hardware stand for? ), memory device ( what does memory device stand for? ), storage device ( what does storage device stand for? )
Meaning 2: (noun) a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
Usage Example(s): he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod
Synonym(s): shop ( what does shop stand for? )
store is a kind of: mercantile establishment ( what does mercantile establishment stand for? ), outlet ( what does outlet stand for? ), retail store ( what does retail store stand for? ), sales outlet ( what does sales outlet stand for? )
store is derived from: browse ( what does browse stand for? ), buy at ( what does buy at stand for? ), frequent ( what does frequent stand for? ), patronise ( what does patronise stand for? ), patronize ( what does patronize stand for? ), shop, shop at ( what does shop at stand for? ), sponsor ( what does sponsor stand for? )
Meaning 3: (noun) a depository for goods
Usage Example(s): storehouses were built close to the docks
Synonym(s): depot ( what does depot stand for? ), entrepot ( what does entrepot stand for? ), storage, storehouse ( what does storehouse stand for? )
store is a kind of: deposit ( what does deposit stand for? ), depository ( what does depository stand for? ), repository ( what does repository stand for? )
store is derived from: store ( what does store stand for? )
Meaning 4: (noun) a supply of something available for future use
Usage Example(s): he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
Synonym(s): fund ( what does fund stand for? ), stock ( what does stock stand for? )
store is derived from: buy in ( what does buy in stand for? ), carry ( what does carry stand for? ), hive away ( what does hive away stand for? ), lay in ( what does lay in stand for? ), put in ( what does put in stand for? ), salt away ( what does salt away stand for? ), stack away ( what does stack away stand for? ), stash away ( what does stash away stand for? ), stock, stockpile ( what does stockpile stand for? ), store
Meaning 5: (verb) keep or lay aside for future use
Usage Example(s): The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn”t eat, store grain for the winter
Synonym(s): hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away
store is derived from: fund, stock, storage, store
Meaning 6: (verb) find a place for and put away for storage
Usage Example(s): I couldn”t store all the books in the attic so I sold some, where should we stow the vegetables?
store is derived from: depot, entrepot, storage, store, storehouse
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