Standard Lemma guide

storage

noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɔː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/
  • Canada, US: /ˈstɔɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈstoː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/
  • rhymes with -ɔːɹɪdʒ
  • CMU ARPABET: S T AO1 R AH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: S T AO1 R IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of storing goods; the state of being stored.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • There's a lot of storage in the loft.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An object or place in which something is stored.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, usually

Examples

  • 2011 (2008), Wan Renpu, Petroleum Industry Press (translator), Advanced Well Completion Engineering, page 115, Underground natural gas storages are underground facilities for storing natural gas. At present, there are three types of underground natural gas storages worldwide, which include depleted oil and gas reservoir gas storages, salt-cave gas storages and aquifer storages.
  • 2012, A. Grinham, B. Gibbes, D. Gale, M. Watkinson, M. Bartow (University of Queensland), Extreme rainfall and drinking water quality: a regional perspective, C. A. Brebbia, Water Pollution XI, page 187, Low impact storages included the northern and southern region′s Cooloolabin Dam, Baroon Pocket Dam, Leslie Harrison Dam, Hinze Dam and Little Nerang Dam. Highly impacted storages included central region′s Wivenhoe Dam, Somerset Dam and North Pine Dam (Fig. 2), where TSS concentrations in these central storages where more than double compared to northern and southern storages (Fig. 2A).

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any computer device, including such as a disk, on which data is stored for a longer term than main memory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • I′d recommend backing up these files to storage before reinstalling the operating system.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The price charged for storing goods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To put into storage; to store.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

depositing in a warehouse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn
  • my car is in storage
  • publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: repositing, reposition, warehousing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deposit, deposition

Narrower terms: stockpiling

7

noun

Meaning 7

the act of storing something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: retention, keeping, holding

Narrower terms: filing

8

noun

Meaning 8

the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business

Narrower terms: cold storage, stowage, stowing, tankage

9

noun

Meaning 9

an electronic memory device

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: memory, computer memory, computer storage, store, memory board

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hardware, computer hardware, memory device, storage device

Narrower terms: non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage, read-only memory, ROM, read-only storage, fixed storage, real storage, scratchpad, virtual memory, virtual storage, volatile storage

10

noun

Meaning 10

a depository for goods

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • storehouses were built close to the docks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: storehouse, depot, entrepot, store

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: depository, deposit, depositary, repository

Narrower terms: dump, granary, garner, magazine, powder store, powder magazine, railhead, treasure house, warehouse, storage warehouse

11

noun

Meaning 11

(computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: computer operation, machine operation

Narrower terms: fragmentation

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *steh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *steh2u-ro- Proto-Italic *stauros Latin *staurō Latin īnstaurō Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin īnstaurāreder. Anglo-Norman storbor. Middle English store English store Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English storage From store + -age.

Across languages

Translations

115 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aragonese: almagazenache — act or state
  • Bulgarian: складиране (skladirane) — act or state
  • Bulgarian: съхранение (sǎhranenie) — act or state
  • Catalan: emmagatzematge — act or state
  • Chinese Mandarin: 存儲 /存储 (cúnchú) — act or state
  • Dutch: opslag — act or state
  • Finnish: varastointi — act or state
  • Finnish: säilytys — act or state
  • French: stockage — act or state
  • Galician: almacenaxe — act or state
  • German: Lagerung — act or state
  • German: Speicherung — act or state
  • Ancient Greek: ἀπόθεσις (apóthesis) — act or state
  • Hindi: भंडारण (bhaṇḍāraṇ) — act or state
  • Hungarian: tárolás — act or state
  • Icelandic: geymsla — act or state
  • Italian: immagazzinamento — act or state
  • Italian: accumulo — act or state
  • Japanese: 貯蔵 (chozō) — act or state
  • Japanese: 保管 (hokan) — act or state
  • Māori: rokirokinga — act or state
  • Portuguese: armazenagem — act or state
  • Romanian: înmagazinare — act or state
  • Romanian: depozitare — act or state
  • Romanian: acumulare — act or state
  • Russian: хране́ние (xranénije) — act or state
  • Russian: сохране́ние (soxranénije) — act or state
  • Spanish: almacenamiento — act or state
  • Spanish: almacenaje — act or state
  • Swedish: lagring — act or state
  • Swedish: magasinering — act or state
  • Swedish: förvaring — act or state
  • Amharic: መጋዘን (mägazän) — place
  • Bulgarian: склад (sklad) — place
  • Bulgarian: храни́лище (hranílište) — place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 儲藏室 /储藏室 (chǔcángshì) — place
  • Danish: lager — place
  • Finnish: varasto — place
  • Finnish: säilö — place
  • Finnish: säilytyspaikka — place
  • Finnish: säilytystila — place
  • French: entrepôt — place
  • German: Lager — place
  • Hebrew: מַחְסָן (maẖsán) — place
  • Hindi: गोदाम (godām) — place
  • Hungarian: tároló — place
  • Icelandic: geymsla — place
  • Italian: deposito — place
  • Italian: magazzino — place
  • Macedonian: склад (sklad) — place
  • Māori: putunga — place
  • Māori: rokirokinga — place
  • Norwegian: lager — place
  • Polish: skład — place
  • Polish: przechowalnia — place
  • Polish: składnica — place
  • Polish: składzik — place
  • Polish: schowek — place
  • Polish: zbiornica — place
  • Portuguese: armazém — place
  • Portuguese: depósito — place
  • Romanian: depozit — place
  • Romanian: magazie — place
  • Romanian: rezervor — place
  • Russian: склад (sklad) — place
  • Russian: храни́лище (xranílišče) — place
  • Spanish: almacén — place
  • Spanish: bodega — place
  • Swedish: lager — place
  • Swedish: förråd — place
  • Swedish: magasin — place
  • Swedish: magasinsutrymme — place
  • Swedish: lagerutrymme — place
  • Bulgarian: памет (pamet) — computing
  • Catalan: emmagatzematge — computing
  • Chinese Cantonese: 儲存 /储存 (cyu5 cyun4, cyu4 cyun4) — computing
  • Hakka Chinese: 儲存 /储存 (chhù-chhùn, chhù-sùn) — computing
  • Chinese: 儲存 /储存 (tû-chûn) — computing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 儲存 /储存 (chǔcún, chúcún) — computing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 存儲 /存储 (cúnchǔ, cúnchú) — computing
  • Czech: úložiště — computing
  • Finnish: tiedontallennusväline — computing
  • Finnish: massamuisti — computing
  • Finnish: tallennusväline — computing
  • French: stockage — computing
  • French: mémorisation — computing
  • Galician: almacenamento — computing
  • German: Speicher — computing
  • Hungarian: tároló — computing
  • Hungarian: tárhely — computing
  • Icelandic: geymsla — computing
  • Italian: memorizzazione — computing
  • Māori: pātengi — computing
  • Norwegian: lager — computing
  • Persian: حافظه (hâfeze) — computing
  • Portuguese: armazenamento — computing
  • Romanian: memorare — computing
  • Romanian: stocare — computing
  • Russian: запомина́ющее устро́йство (zapominájuščeje ustrójstvo) — computing
  • Russian: ЗУ — computing
  • Russian: па́мять (pámjatʹ) — computing
  • Russian: накопи́тель (nakopítelʹ) — computing
  • Spanish: almacenamiento — computing
  • Spanish: almacenaje — computing
  • Thai: ที่เก็บข้อมูล (tîi gèp kɔ̂ɔ muun) — computing
  • Vietnamese: thiết bị lưu trữ — computing
  • Khiamniungan Naga: vēihìu — traditional container used for storing or keeping rice
  • Czech: úložné — price
  • Finnish: varastointi — price
  • Finnish: säilytyskulu — price
  • Irish: costas — price
  • Portuguese: armazenagem — price
  • Russian: пла́та за хране́ние (pláta za xranénije) — price
  • Spanish: almacenaje — price
  • Swedish: magasinshyra — price
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