store

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a depository for goods

   storehouses were built close to the docks

2. 2
   noun

   a supply of something available for future use

   The strategic maple syrup supply was a national store to help control price fluctuations.

3. 3
   verb

   keep or lay aside for future use

   store grain for the winter

4. 4
   noun

   A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.

   Near-synonyms: storeroom, stockroom, warehouse, magazine (archaic)

5. 5
   noun

   A supply held in storage.

   Near-synonyms: stock, supply; cache, stash

6. 6
   noun

   A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.

   Dad went to the store to get milk and bread.

7. 7
   noun

   Memory.

   The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time.

8. 8
   noun

   A great quantity or number; abundance.

   I make my love engrafted to this store.

Etymology

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