warehouse

[ noun wair-hous; verb wair-houz, -hous ]

noun

, plural ware·hous·es [wair, -hou-ziz].

1. a building, or a part of one, for the storage of goods, merchandise, etc.
2. British. a large retail store.
3. a building, or a part of one, in which wholesalers keep large stocks of merchandise, which they display and sell to retailers.

verb (used with object)

, ware·housed [wair, -houzd], ware·hous·ing [wair, -hou-zing].

1. to place, deposit, or store in a warehouse.
2. to set aside or accumulate, as for future use.
3. to place in a government or bonded warehouse, to be kept until duties are paid.
4. Informal. to confine (the mentally ill) to large institutions for long-term custodial care.

warehouse

noun

1. a place where goods are stored prior to their use, distribution, or sale
2. See bonded warehouse
3. a large commercial, esp wholesale, establishment

verb

1. tr to store or place in a warehouse, esp a bonded warehouse

Other Words From

• mini·warehouse noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of warehouse¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; ware ¹, house

Example Sentences

A UK-based monitoring group put the death toll at 41 and reported that the strikes hit a warehouse used to store weapons and homes inhabited by families of Iran-backed militia fighters.

From BBC

Sporting Wholesale is based in a warehouse on the outskirts of Luton.

From BBC

Ukraine’s military earlier confirmed that it had struck an ammunition warehouse in the Russian region of Bryansk, but it did not specify whether Atacms were used.

From BBC

The company has worked with BaronHR, a staffing agency that has come under scrutiny from federal agencies for alleged abuses of workers it recruits for warehouses, factories and distribution center jobs in California and elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, visitors were confronted with an “abandoned and empty warehouse” filled with drab props, with actors reading from an AI-generated script.

From BBC