store (stôr, st r)n. 1. A place where merchandise is offered for sale; a shop. 2. A stock or supply reserved for future use: a squirrel's store of acorns. 3. stores Supplies, especially of food, clothing, or arms. 4. A place where commodities are kept; a warehouse or storehouse. 5. A great quantity or number; an abundance. tr.v. stored, stor·ing, stores Idiom: 1. To reserve or put away for future use. 2. To fill, supply, or stock. 3. To deposit or receive in a storehouse or warehouse for safekeeping. 4. Computer Science To copy (data) into memory or onto a storage device, such as a hard disk. in store 1. Forthcoming: great trouble in store for her. 2. In reserve; stored. [Middle English stor, supply, from Old French estor, from estorer, to build, from Latin  nstaur re, to restore; see st- in Indo-European roots.]stor  a·ble adj.stor er n. |
store
Verb
[storing, stored]
1. to keep, set aside, or gather (things) for future use
2. to place furniture or other possessions in a warehouse for safekeeping
3. to supply or stock (certain goods)
4. Computers to enter or keep (information) in a storage device
Noun
1. a shop (in Britain usually a large one)
2. a large supply or stock kept for future use
3. short for department store
4. a storage place, such as a warehouse
5. Computers chiefly Brit same as memory (sense 7)
6. in store about to happen; forthcoming: you've got a treat in store
7. set great store by something to value something as important
See also stores [Old French estor]
Store a build-up of material or goods; a body of persons; a large number or quantity.
Examples: goodly store of blows, 1705; of flowers, 1853; of gypsies—Lipton, 1970; of horses, 1538; of knowledge; of mice, 1594; of people, 1653; of ancient poets, 1536; of provisions; of snow, 1677; of chosen soldiers, 1570; of swine, 1590; of trees growing, 1598.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"bakehouse, bakery, bakeshop - a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold barbershop - a shop where men can get their hair cut betting shop - a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track bodega - a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries booth - a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment boutique, dress shop - a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry building supply house, building supply store - a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures butcher shop, meat market - a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold canteen - sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc. chain store - one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise cleaners, dry cleaners - shop where dry cleaning is done commissary - a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel) computer store - a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user convenience store - a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items; open long hours for the convenience of customers apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, drugstore, pharmacy - a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold gift shop, novelty shop - a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts hardware store, ironmonger's shop, ironmonger - a store selling hardware; "in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop" head shop - a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users; "he bought some roach clips and hashish pipes at the head shop" junk shop - a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goods outfitter - a shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose; "an outfitter provided everything needed for the safari" liquor store, off-licence, package store - a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere loan office, pawnbroker's shop, pawnshop - a shop where loans are made with personal property as security perfumery - store where perfumes are sold pet shop - a shop where pet animals can be purchased fix-it shop, repair shop - a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty salon, beauty shop, salon - a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work shopfront, storefront - the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows specialty store - a store that sells only one kind of merchandise second-hand store, thriftshop - a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices |
| 2. | store - a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" infrastructure, base - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" accumulation - (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation provision - a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms) government issue, military issue, issue - supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government seed stock - a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting | |
| 3. |  store - an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically computer hardware, hardware - (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system memory device, storage device - a device that preserves information for retrieval non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage - computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off fixed storage, read-only memory, read-only storage, ROM - (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed real storage - the main memory in a virtual memory system register - (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind scratchpad - (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information virtual memory, virtual storage - (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses volatile storage - computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off | |
| 4. |  store - a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"depositary, depository, repository, deposit - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping dump - a place where supplies can be stored; "an ammunition dump" powder magazine, powder store, magazine - a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored railhead - a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution treasure house - a storehouse for treasures storage warehouse, warehouse - a storehouse for goods and merchandise | |
| Verb | 1. | store - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" bin - store in bins keep, hold on - retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" computerise, computerize - store in a computer; "computerized dictionary" victual - lay in provisions; "The vessel victualled before the long voyage" collect, compile, accumulate, amass, roll up, hoard, pile up - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" hive - store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information" |
| 2. | store - find a place for and put away for storage; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some" garner - store grain keep, hold on - retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" keep - store or keep customarily; "Where do you keep your gardening tools?" mothball - put into long-term storage reposit - put (something) in a place for storage; "the treasure found int he ancient tomb was reposited in the museum" wharf - store on a wharf; "Wharf the merchandise" tank - store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it loft - store in a loft warehouse - store in a warehouse garage - keep or store in a garage; "we don't garage our car" bottle - store (liquids or gases) in bottles ensile - store in a silo; "ensile fodder for the cows" |
store
noun 1. shop, outlet, department store, market, supermarket, mart, emporium, chain store, hypermarket
noun 2. supply, stock, reserve, lot, fund, mine, plenty, provision, wealth, quantity, reservoir, abundance, accumulation, stockpile, hoard, plethora, cache
verb 4. (often with away or up) put by, save, hoard, keep, stock, husband, reserve, deposit, accumulate, garner, stockpile, put aside, stash (informal) salt away, keep in reserve, put aside for a rainy day, lay by or in
verb 5. put away, put in storage, put in store, lock away
Translations
store [stɔːʳ] n (= stock) → provisión f (= depot), (BRIT) (= large shop); almacén m;
(in filing system) → archivar;
store up vt → acumular
store [stɔːʳ] n (= stock) → provision f, réserve f (= depot); entrepôt m;
(US) (= shop); magasin m
stores npl (= food) → provisions;
store up vt → mettre en réserve, emmagasiner
store [stɔːʳ] n → Vorrat m;
(depot) → Lager nt;
(US) (shop) → Laden m (fig);
(information etc, Comput) → speichern;
(food, medicines etc) → aufbewahren;
(in filing system) → ablegen;
stores npl (provisions) → Vorräte pl;
in store → eingelagert;
(memories) → im Gedächtnis bewahren
store [stɔːʳ] n → provvista, riserva (= depot); deposito;
(US) (= shop); negozio
(COMPUT) → registrare;
to set great/little store by sth → dare molta/poca importanza a qc;
store up vt → mettere in serbo, conservare
n store [stoː]
1 a supply of eg goods from which things are taken when required They took a store of dried and canned food on the expedition; The quartermaster is the officer in charge of stores. stoor, voorraadkamer مِقْدار وافِر запас zásoba forråd der Vorrat απόθεμα provisión varu موجودي varasto provisions מְלַאי समान, माल zalihe tartalék perbekalan birgðir riserva, scorta たくわえ 저장, 비축 atsarga krājumi bekalan voorraad lager, depot, forråd zapas reserva provizie запас; резерв zásoba zaloga zaliha förråd, lager สิ่งที่กักตุนไว้ stok 貯存 запас, припас ذخیرہ khối lượng dự trữ 贮存
2 a (large) collected amount or quantity He has a store of interesting facts in his head. hoeveelheid مَخْزون مِن، ذَخيرَه изобилие bohatství stor mængde die Fülle απόθεμα reserva, almacén, depósito hulk اندوخته varasto fonds מְלַאי अधिक मात्रा zaliha, velika količina készlet simpanan bÿsn riserva たくさん 다수, 다량 gausybė liels daudzums; milzums kumpul voorraad lager, forråd zasób depósito provizii; aprovizionare запас bohatstvo, spústa zbirka skladište mängd, stort förråd ปริมาณมาก sayı, miktar 豐富 велика кількість جمع کی ہوءی خطیر رقم sự có nhiều, dồi dào 丰富
3 a place where a supply of goods etc is kept; a storehouse or storeroom It's in the store(s). stoor, pakkamer مَخْزَن склад sklad lager das Lager αποθήκη almacén, depósito ladu انبار varasto entrepôt מַחסָן भण्डार skladište, spremište (áru)raktár gudang lager, birgðageymsla magazzino 倉庫 창고, 저장소 sandėlis, saugykla noliktava stor opslagplaats lager, proviantrom magazyn armazém depozit склад; пакгауз sklad skladišče skladište förråd, lager คลังสินค้า ambar, depo 倉庫 склад, пакгауз گودام nhà kho 仓库
4 a shop The post office here is also the village store; a department store. winkel مُسْتَوْدَع، مَتْجَر магазин obchod butik; -butik; (stor-)magasin der Laden κατάστημα tienda kauplus مغازه kauppa magasin חֲנוּת बड़ी दुकान trgovina bolt toko búð, verslun negozio 店 가게, 상점 parduotuvė veikals kedai winkel butikk, forretning sklep loja magazin магазин obchod trgovina prodavnica affär, butik ร้านค้า mağaza, dükkân 百貨商店 лавка, магазин, крамниця دکان cửa hàng, cửa hiệu 百货商店
v
1 to put into a place for keeping We stored our furniture in the attic while the tenants used our house. berg يَخْزِن складирам uskladnit opbevare lagern αποθηκεύω almacenar, guardar, acumular hoiule panema ذخيره كردن varastoida entreposer לְאַחסֵן रखना, गोदाम रखना pohraniti, spremiti tárol menyimpan geyma, setja í geymslu mettere (in magazzino) 保管する 보관하다; 저장하다 sukrauti novietot glabāšanā simpan opslaan lagre, oppbevare założyć guardar a depozita хранить uskladniť shraniti smestiti lagra, förvara, magasinera เก็บไว้ saklamak, tutmak 貯藏 накопичувати, зберігати на складі کسی چیز کا ذخیرہ جمع کرنا cất giữ 贮藏
2 to stock (a place etc) with goods etc The museum is stored with interesting exhibits. vol wees يُملأ بالبَضائِع (на)пълня naplnit fylde med; rumme versehen εφοδιάζω, γεμίζω abastecer varustama انبار كردن varustaa contenir לִצבּוֹר से भर देना, से सज्जित करना opskrbiti, opremiti felszerel mengisi vera fullur af conservare, accumulare たくわえる (저장품 등을) 갖추다; 소장하다 aprūpinti apgādāt; []krāt simpan voorzoen van lagre; forsyne wyposażyć abastecer a conţine наполнять uložiť, nahromadiť oskrbeti, opremiti opremiti fylla สะสม; กักตุน depo etmek, saklamak 存(有) постачати; поновлювати کسی جگہ کو سامان سے بھرنا tích trữ, để dành 存（有）
n storage [-ridʒ]
the act of storing or state of being stored We've put our furniture into storage at a warehouse; The meat will have to be kept in cold storage (= stored under refrigeration). berging خَزْن съхранение uskladnění opbevaring die Lagerung αποθήκευση almacenamiento hoid, säilitus ذخيره سازي varastointi entreposage אִחסוּן संग्रहण, संचयन, गोदाम, भंडार, गोदाम-भाड़ा pohrana, uskladištenje (be)raktározás penyimpanan geymsla deposito 貯蔵 저장, 보관 laikymas, saugojimas uzglabāšana simpanan opslag oppbevaring; oppbevaringsrom przechowanie, przechowywanie armazenamento depozitare хранение uskladnenie vskladiščenje skladištenje förvaring, magasinering การเก็บ; ที่เก็บ depolama, muhafaza etme 保管 схов, зберігання مال کو گودام میں رکھنا sự xếp vào kho 保管
nouns storehouse, ˈstoreroom
a place or room where goods etc are stored There is a storeroom behind the shop. pakkamer مَخْزَن، مُسْتَوْدَع، عَنْبَر хранилище skladiště lager das Lagerhaus, der Vorratsraum αποθήκη almacén, depósito laohoone, laoruum انباري varastorakennus, varastohuone entrepôt מַחסָן माल गोदाम skladište, spremište raktár gudang vörugeymsla magazzino, deposito 倉庫 창고, 저장실 sandėlis noliktava rumah stor opslagplaats lager(bygning), magasin magazyn armazém depozit склад; кладовая, амбар sklad skladišče, shramba skladište magasin, lagerhus, förrådsrum คลังเก็บของ ambar, depo 倉庫 склад, сховище سامان رکھنے کی جگہ buồng kho 仓库
in store
1 kept or reserved for future use I keep plenty of tinned food in store for emergencies. in reserwe محْفوظ، إحْتِياطي، مَخْزون للمُسْتَقْبَل в запас v zásobě på lager vorrätig ως απόθεμα en depósito, en reserva tagavaraks ذخيره شده varastossa en réserve שָׁמוּר לְעָתִיד सुरक्षित रखा हुआ spremljen, spreman tartalékol vmit sebagai cadangan fyrirliggjandi, á lager di riserva たくわえて 준비하여, 비축하여 atsargai krājumā; rezervē dalam simpanan in voorraad lagret, i reserve, på lager w zapasie guardado de rezervă, pus deoparte про запас v zásobe v zalogi u zalihama i reserv, på lager เก็บไว้เพื่อใช้ในอนาคต hazırda, elde 備有 у запасі مستقبل میں استعمال کے لیے محفوظ رکھنا dự trữ 备有
2 coming in the future There's trouble in store for her! in die toekoms آتٍ في المُسْتَقْبَل предстоящ v očekávání i vente bevorstehen που επιφυλάσσει το μέλλον reservado (tulevikus) ees olema در شرف وقوع tulossa en réserve צָפוּי בְּעָתִיד घटित होने की संभावना u pripremi, sprema se tartogat vmit vki számára akan datang í vændum (che aspetta) 待ちかまえて laukiantis ateityje gaidāms; nākotnē akan dihadapi in het verschiet i vente w przyszłości reservado în viitor в будущем (čakať) v budúcnosti pripravljen u budućnosti på lut, att vänta ในอนาคตที่กำลังมาถึง bekleyen 就要來到的 напоготові مستقبل میں آنے والا sắp xảy ra 就要来到的
set (great) store by
to value highly (eg a person's approval etc). hoog skat يُقَدِّرُ تَقْديرا عالِيا ценя přikládat velkou váhu sætte pris på (großen) Wert legen auf αποδίδω μεγάλη σημασία σε valorar algo mucho kõrgelt hindama مغتنم شمردن pitää arvossa faire grand cas de לְהַעֲרִיך בִּמיוּחָד महत्व देना cijeniti što, pridavati vrijednost čemu nagyra értékel vmit menghargai leggja (mikið) upp úr, meta (tenere in gran conto) ～を重んじる ...을 (크게) 존중하다, 존경하다 labai vertinti, skirti ypatingą reikšmę augstu vērtēt sangat menghargai hechten aan veel waarde sette stor pris på przywiązywać wielką wagę do dar valor a a pune mult preţ pe придавать (большое) значение prikladať veľkú váhu zelo ceniti visoko vrednovati sätta stort värde på ล้ำค่า (büyük) değer vermek 重視 цінувати بہت اہمیت دینا đánh giá cao 重视
store up
to collect and keep (for future need) I don't know why she stores up all those old magazines. berg يَخْزِن، يَحْتَفِظ بِ запасявам (се) с uchovávat gemme lagern συσσωρεύω acumular, almacenar tallele panema نگهداري كردن säilyttää conserver לֶאֱגוֹר जमा करना spremati, nagomilati tárol/elraktároz vmit menyimpan varðveita, geyma conservare 貯え込む 비축하다, 축적하다 kaupti, rinkti, laikyti []krāt mengumpul dan menyimpan verzamelen lagre, samle på magazynować acumular накапливать odkladať hraniti čuvati samla på hög เก็บสำรองไว้ toplayıp saklamak 收藏 запасати, накопичувати جمع کرنا اور رکھنا cất giữ 收藏
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