store

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A building or shop where you can buy things.

   Dad went to the store to get milk and bread.

2. 2
   verb

   To keep something somewhere so it can be used later.

   They store grain for the winter in the barn.

3. 3
   noun

   A supply of something kept for future use.

   The squirrel kept a store of nuts for the winter.

4. 4
   noun

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

   The boxes were kept in a store behind the shop.

Common collocations

• local store Adjective + noun
• online store Adjective + noun
• close a store Verb + noun
• open a store Verb + noun
• corner store Adjective + noun
• department store Adjective + noun
• manage a store Verb + noun
• run a store Verb + noun
• convenience store Noun + noun
• hardware store Noun + noun
• ordnance store Noun + noun
• specialty store Noun + noun

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

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