store

[ stawr ]

noun

1. an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
2. a grocery:

   We need bread and milk from the store.

3. a stall, room, floor, or building housing or suitable for housing a retail business.
4. a supply or stock of something, especially one for future use.
5. stores, supplies of food, clothing, or other requisites, as for a household, inn, or naval or military forces.
6. Chiefly British. a storehouse or warehouse.
7. quantity, especially great quantity; abundance, or plenty:

   a rich store of grain.

verb (used with object)

, stored, stor·ing.

1. to supply or stock with something, as for future use.
2. to accumulate or put away, for future use (usually followed by up or away ).

   Synonyms: stockpile, hoard, husband, save, amass

3. to deposit in a storehouse, warehouse, or other place for keeping.
4. Computers. to put or retain (data) in a memory unit.

verb (used without object)

, stored, stor·ing.

1. to take in or hold supplies, goods, or articles, as for future use.
2. to remain fresh and usable for considerable time on being stored:

   Flour stores well.

adjective

1. bought from a store; commercial:

   a loaf of store bread.

store

/ stɔː /

verb

1. tr to keep, set aside, or accumulate for future use
2. tr to place in a warehouse, depository, etc, for safekeeping
3. tr to supply, provide, or stock
4. intr to be put into storage
5. computing to enter or retain (information) in a storage device

noun

1. 1. an establishment for the retail sale of goods and services
   2. ( in combination )

      storefront

2. 1. a large supply or stock kept for future use
   2. ( as modifier )

      store ship

3. short for department store
4. 1. a storage place such as a warehouse or depository
   2. ( in combination )

      storeman

5. the state of being stored (esp in the phrase in store )
6. a large amount or quantity
7. computing another name for memory
8. Also calledstore pig a pig that has not yet been weaned and weighs less than 40 kg
9. 1. an animal bought lean to be fattened up for market
   2. ( as modifier )

      store cattle

10. in store
    forthcoming or imminent
11. lay store by or put store by or set store by
    to value or reckon as important

Derived Forms

• ˈstorable, adjective

Other Words From

• storer noun
• over·store verb overstored overstoring
• substore noun
• well-stored adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of store¹

First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English verb storen, shortening of astoren, from Old French estorer, from Latin instaurāre “to repeat, start over, set up,” equivalent to in- intensive prefix + combining form staur- (akin to Greek staurós “pole, cross” and Old Norse staurr “pole”) + -āre infinitive suffix; noun derived from the verb; in- ², steer ¹, restore

Word History and Origins

Origin of store¹

C13: from Old French estor, from estorer to restore, from Latin instaurāre to refresh; related to Greek stauros stake

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. in store,
   1. in readiness or reserve.
   2. about to happen; imminent:

      There is a great deal of trouble in store for them if they persist in their ways.

2. set / lay store by, to have high regard for; value; esteem:

   She sets great store by good character.

More idioms and phrases containing store

see in store ; mind the store ; set store by ; variety store .

Example Sentences

One of Mohamed Al Fayed's brothers also abused women who worked at the Harrods department store, according to three ex-employees who have made allegations including sexual assault and trafficking to the BBC.

From BBC

Salah Fayed, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2010, was one of three Fayed brothers who purchased the luxury Knightsbridge department store in 1985.

From BBC

By some accounts, he wanted a snack, but after briefly going into the store filled with Hispanic shoppers, he returned to his car, posted a vitriolic 2,400-word manifesto to the extremist social media site 8chan and got the gun.

From Salon

I arrived at the Cielo Vista Walmart three weeks later to find flowers and pictures and memorials adorning a quarter-mile chain-link fence erected around the store’s perimeter and a city still in shock.

From Salon

Normally sweat and urine is recycled into drinking water but a fault on the ISS means the crew must currently store urine instead.

From BBC

Related Words

• boutique
• chain store
• convenience store
• deli
• department store
• discount store
• drugstore
• emporium
• grocery store
• market
• outlet
• shop
• shopping center
• showroom
• supermarket