warehouse
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ware·house
(wâr′hous′)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 (a person) 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).
ware′hous′er (-hou′zər) n.
warehouse
n
1. (Commerce) a place where goods are stored prior to their use, distribution, or sale
2. (Commerce) See bonded warehouse
3. (Commerce) chiefly Brit a large commercial, esp wholesale, establishment
vb
(Commerce) (tr) to store or place in a warehouse, esp a bonded warehouse
ware•house
(n. ˈwɛərˌhaʊs; v. -ˌhaʊz, -ˌhaʊs)n., pl. -hous•es (-ˌhaʊ zɪz)
v. -housed, -hous•ing. n.
1. a building for the storage of goods, merchandise, etc.
2. any large and usu. public custodial institution for the confinement of the mentally ill, the aged, etc.
v.t. 3. to place, deposit, or store in a warehouse.
4. to set aside or accumulate, as for future use.
5. to place in a government or bonded warehouse, to be kept until duties are paid.
6. to confine (the mentally ill, the aged, etc.) in large custodial institutions.
7. (of a landlord) to keep (an apartment) vacant prior to a conversion to cooperative or condominium so as to bring a higher price from a nonresident.
[1300–50]
warehouse
Past participle: warehoused
Gerund: warehousing
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| Noun | 1. |  warehouse - a storehouse for goods and merchandisegodown - (in India and Malaysia) a warehouse storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store - a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks" |
| Verb | 1. | 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
noun store, depot, storehouse, repository, depository, stockroom He worked in a freight warehouse, lifting and carrying heavy loads.
warehouse
nounA place where something is deposited for safekeeping:
Translations
مخزنمَخْزَن بَضائِع، مُسْتَوْدَعمُسْتَوْدَع
sklad
=-lagerlagervarehus
انبار
varasto
skladištespremnik
vörugeymsla
倉庫
창고
sandėlys
antrepozitmagazie
skladišče
skladskladištesmestište
lagerlokal
โกดังสินค้า
kho chứa đồ
warehouse
[ˈwɛərhaʊs] n → entrepôt mwarehouse club n grande surface qui, pour une adhésion annuelle, vend ses produits en vrac à prix réduits-ware
(weə) manufactured articles (made of a particular material). silverware/glassware.
wares noun plural articles for sale. a tradesman selling his wares.
warehouse noun a building in which goods are stored. a furniture warehouse.