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

Even public-service lawyering jobs, while underpaid for the field, still pay better than low-wage warehouse labor.

From The Daily Beast

But much of that gear went missing from the warehouse before the Kiev unit ever saw action.

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Because, for me, the idea of the regal Diane in the ratty warehouse digs is positively tantalizing.

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The school itself could easily be mistaken for a warehouse or a big box national retail chain.

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The revitalized warehouse district extends from NW 20th Street to NW 36th Street, from North Miami Avenue to NW 3rd.

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The duty on this would amount to about 150, and this has to be paid before the tobacco is removed from the bonded warehouse.

From Project Gutenberg

When they are ready they hasten in a crowd to the warehouse, where they have entered into a contract beforehand.

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In 1849, he had a warehouse in York, and owned ten first-rate merchandise cars on the Road, doing a fine business.

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His clothes are made of the finest materials; but are those same materials less fine in the warehouse or in the whole piece?

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Finally, I came to the rear of the vacant warehouse, satisfied that I had arrived unseen.

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