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
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