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Meaning of 'store' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Store [ a.]
- Accumulated; hoarded.
2 . Store [ v. t.]
- That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.
- A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine.
- Any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or retail; a shop.
- Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family.
- To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away.
- To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time.
- To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods.

Meaning of 'store' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . store [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an electronic memory device
Example in sentence:
  • a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached
Meaning (2):
- a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
Example in sentence:
  • he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod
Meaning (3):
- a supply of something available for future use
Example in sentence:
  • he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
Meaning (4):
- a depository for goods
Example in sentence:
  • storehouses were built close to the docks
5 . store [ v]
Meaning (5):
- find a place for and put away for storage
Example in sentence:
  • I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some;
  • where should we stow the vegetables?
Meaning (6):
- keep or lay aside for future use
Example in sentence:
  • store grain for the winter;
  • The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat

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