store

A2 Topic:Shopping & Services

US /stɔɹ/ UK /stɔː/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #1022

Meanings

1

noun
A building or shop where you can buy things.

Dad went to the store to get milk and bread.
2

verb
To keep something somewhere so it can be used later.

They store grain for the winter in the barn.
3

noun
A supply of something kept for future use.

The squirrel kept a store of nuts for the winter.
4

noun
A place where goods are kept; a storeroom or warehouse.

The boxes were kept in a store behind the shop.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a building or shop where... shopretail store

2 verb · to keep something somewhere... lay instash away

3 noun · a supply of something kept... stock supply

4 noun · a place where goods are... storeroom warehouse

Word family

Forms storedstoresstoring

Derived forms misstorenonstoredoverstoreprestoredrestorestorablestorerunderstoredunstored

Related forms storage

Common collocations

Etymology

From Middle English store, stoure, storre, from Anglo-Norman stor, estore, estorr, estoer, and Old French estour, estor, from Latin īnstaurō.

*steh₂- Proto-Indo-European store Middle English stor xno estour Old French īnstaurō Latin

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Topics

Shopping & Services

# store

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** stɔɹ
**IPA (UK):** stɔː
**Frequency rank:** 1022

## Meanings
1. A building or shop where you can buy things.
2. To keep something somewhere so it can be used later.
3. A supply of something kept for future use.
4. A place where goods are kept; a storeroom or warehouse.

## Examples
- Dad went to the store to get milk and bread.
- They store grain for the winter in the barn.
- The squirrel kept a store of nuts for the winter.
- The boxes were kept in a store behind the shop.

## Derived Forms
- misstore
- nonstored
- overstore
- prestored
- restore
- storable
- storer
- understored
- unstored

## Related Forms
- storage

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *steh₂-
- Root: store
- Root: stor
- Root: estour
- Root: īnstaurō

## Etymology
From Middle English store, stoure, storre, from Anglo-Norman stor, estore, estorr, estoer, and Old French estour, estor, from Latin īnstaurō.

## AI Etymology
Store is from Middle English store, stoure, storre, from Anglo-Norman stor, estore, estorr, estoer, and Old French estour, estor, from Latin īnstaurō. In present-day use, it can mean a building or shop where you can buy things, or to keep something somewhere so it can be used later. Derived formations include misstore, nonstored, overstore, prestored, restore.

## Topics
- Shopping & Services

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