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Meaning of 'storage' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Storage [ n.]
- The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.
- Space for the safe keeping of goods.
- The price changed for keeping goods in a store.

Meaning of 'storage' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . storage [ 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):
- depositing in a warehouse
Example in sentence:
  • my car is in storage;
  • publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing;
  • they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn
Meaning (3):
- a depository for goods
Example in sentence:
  • storehouses were built close to the docks

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