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warehouse

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ware·house  (wârhous)
n.
1. A place in which goods or merchandise are stored; a storehouse.
2. A large, usually wholesale shop.
tr.v. also (-houz) ware·housed, ware·hous·ing, ware·hous·es
1. To place or store in a warehouse, especially in a bonded or government warehouse.
2. To institutionalize (people) in usually deficient housing and in conditions in which medical, educational, psychiatric, and social services are below par or absent: "has felt forced to warehouse hundreds of children in temporary shelters" (Justine Wise Polier).

warehouser (-houzr) n.

warehouse
Noun
a place where goods are stored prior to their sale or distribution
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.warehousewarehouse - a storehouse for goods and merchandise
godown - (in India and Malaysia) a warehouse
storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store - a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"
Verb1.warehouse - store in a warehouse
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"

warehouse
Translations
warehouse [ˈwɛəhaus] nalmacén m; depósito
warehouse [ˈwɛəhaus] nentrepôt m
warehouse [ˈwɛəhaus] nLager nt
warehouse [ˈwɛəhaus] nmagazzino


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If you don't look sharp, you'll have your topgallant yards through the windows of that 'ere warehouse presently
Murdstone and Grinby's warehouse was at the waterside.
"I must be getting back to my overhanging warehouse," said the man.
 
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