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store

Pronunciation: /stɔː/

The English word “store” has 10 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
  2. A supply held in storage.
  3. A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.
  4. Memory.
  5. A great quantity or number; abundance.

verb

  1. To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
  2. To contain.
  3. Have the capacity and capability to contain.
  4. To write (something) into memory or registers.
  5. To stock, to fill (a container, repository, etc.) with things.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English store, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stor, from Latin īnstaurāre, from īnstaurō + -āre.

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