storage

[ stawr-ij, stohr- ]

noun

1. the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:

   All my furniture is in storage.

2. capacity or space for storing.
3. a place, as a room or building, for storing.
4. Computers. memory ( def 11 ).
5. the price charged for storing goods.

storage

/ ˈstɔːrɪdʒ /

noun

1. the act of storing or the state of being stored
2. space or area reserved for storing
3. a charge made for storing
4. computing
   1. the act or process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape, disk, etc
   2. ( as modifier )

      storage capacity

      a storage device

Other Words From

• non·storage noun
• pre·storage noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of storage¹

First recorded in 1605–15; store + -age

Idioms and Phrases

see in cold storage .

Example Sentences

These nifty backpacks come with built-in batteries to charge your phone while offering the storage capacity and durability of regular backpacks.

From Popular-Science

It also has typical smartwatch features like call answering, built-in storage for holding your music, Bluetooth, and the ability to answer calls and texts as long as it’s connected to an Android phone.

From Popular-Science

Earlier this year, a standoff between Russia and Saudi Arabia forced oil prices to tank below zero for the first time in history, and producers were forced to pay to sell their oil as storage space became expensive.

From Ozy

To Amazon, it was simply more important to keep funneling orders into its own storage and delivery system.

From Fortune

In 2017, Filecoin’s parent company raised $205 million to build a new type of digital storage network.

From Fortune

Storage containers hold a treasure trove of mascara, lipstick, blush, and other makeup.

From The Daily Beast

A storage building became a ghostly concrete frame lit bright orange.

From The Daily Beast

With a rescue plan in place and a five-year, $4.9 million contract between Phoenix and the CDC, the planes went into storage.

From The Daily Beast

Having spent 11 hours in cold storage, she began moving around within her body bag, where mortuary staff found her alive and well.

From The Daily Beast

Skinny tie tells me that it was found in a storage locker in 2011 and auctioned for $2.1 million.

From The Daily Beast

A bailee who was a cold storage keeper, stated in his receipt "all damage to property is at the owner's risk."

From Project Gutenberg

Even the storage of gasoline in suitable tanks set down in the earth is not a nuisance.

From Project Gutenberg

A garage keeper is generally allowed a lien on an automobile for storage and repairs.

From Project Gutenberg

McKettrick looked like a man who had come out of a warm bath into a cold-storage room.

From Project Gutenberg

The Bell and Tainter machine was operated by a storage battery and this was an inconvenient and expensive form of power.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cache
• depot
• repository
• stockpile
• storehouse