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store·house  (stôrhous, str-)
n.
1. A place or building in which goods are stored; a warehouse.
2. An abundant source or supply: a storehouse of knowledge.

storehouse [ˈstɔːˌhaʊs]
n
a place where things are stored

storehouse
  • magazine - Considered a "storehouse" for articles; the word comes from Arabic makhzan, "storehouse," and was first used in book titles presenting a "store" of information about specific topics.
  • ambry - Another word for a treasury, storehouse, place to keep things.
  • garner - Originally a storehouse or granary.
  • thesaurus - Comes from Greek thesauros, meaning "storehouse, treasury," and its original sense was "dictionary or encyclopedia," but this was narrowed to the current meaning with the appearance of Roget's in 1852.
  • ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
    Noun1.storehouse - a depository for goodsstorehouse - 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"
    garner, granary - a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
    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

    storehouse
    noun warehouse, store, depot, depository, stockroom barns and storehouses
    Translations
    storehouse [ˈstɔːhaʊs] N (storehouses (pl)) [ˈstɔːhaʊzɪz]almacén m, depósito m (fig) → mina f, tesoro m
    storehouse [ˈstɔːrhaʊs] n
    (= warehouse) → entrepôt m
    [information, knowledge, memories] → banque f
    storehouse [ˈstɔːˌhaʊs] nmagazzino, deposito


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He had charge of a small clay storehouse with a dried-grass roof, and pretended to keep a correct account of beads, cotton cloth, red kerchiefs, brass wire, and other trade goods it contained.
All hands now set to work cutting down trees, clearing away thickets, and marking out the place for the residence, storehouse, and powder magazine, which were to be built of logs and covered with bark.
The poem of [98] "Resolution and Independence" is a storehouse of such records; for its fulness of lovely imagery it may be compared to Keats's "Saint Agnes' Eve.
 
 
 
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