Standard Lemma guide

store

noun · verb · 17 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: stô
  • Received-Pronunciation: /stɔː/
  • General-American: stôr
  • General-American: /stɔɹ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • stōr rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /sto(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /stoə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • homophone: stower (in some accents)
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: S T AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: storeroom, stockroom, warehouse, magazine (archaic)
  • This building used to be a store for old tires.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: storeroom, stockroom, warehouse, magazine

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A supply held in storage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: stock, supply; cache, stash
  • They keep a store of canned goods in their basement.
  • They could eat from their stores for a month or two if need be.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stock, supply, cache, stash

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: North-American, mainly

Examples

  • Dad went to the store to get milk and bread.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shop, store, retail store, retail outlet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: establishment, place

4

noun

Meaning 4

Memory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

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

Examples

  • The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A great quantity or number; abundance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Ellipsis of store cattle beast: a head of store cattle (feeder cattle to be sold to others for finishing).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Examples

  • heifers and stores

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cattle beast, cow, animal, creature

7

verb

Meaning 7

To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I'll store these books in the attic.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To contain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The cabinets store all the food the mice would like.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

Have the capacity and capability to contain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • They sell boxes that store 24 mason jars.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To write (something) into memory or registers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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

Examples

  • This operation stores the result on the stack.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To stock, to fill (a container, repository, etc.) with things.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

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, storage, computer storage, 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

13

noun

Meaning 13

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet, outlet

Narrower terms: bakery, bakeshop, bakehouse, barbershop, bazaar, bazar, betting shop, bodega, bookshop, bookstore, bookstall, booth, boutique, dress shop, building supply store, building supply house, butcher shop, meat market, canteen, chain store, cleaners, dry cleaners, clothing store, haberdashery, haberdashery store, mens store, commissary, computer store, confectionery, confectionary, candy store, convenience store, delicatessen, deli, food shop, drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, pharmacy, florist, florist shop, flower store, gift shop, novelty shop, hardware store, ironmonger, ironmonger's shop, head shop, junk shop, millinery, hat shop, outfitter, package store, liquor store, off-licence, pawnbroker's shop, pawnshop, loan office, perfumery, pet shop, pizzeria, pizza shop, pizza parlor, repair shop, fix-it shop, salon, beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty shop, shoe shop, shoe-shop, shoe store, specialty store, thriftshop, second-hand store, tobacco shop, tobacconist shop, tobacconist, toyshop

14

noun

Meaning 14

a depository for goods

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • storehouses were built close to the docks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage

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

15

noun

Meaning 15

a supply of something available for future use

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stock, fund

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: accumulation

Narrower terms: infrastructure, base, hoard, cache, stash, provision, issue, military issue, government issue, seed stock

16

verb

Meaning 16

keep or lay aside for future use

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • store grain for the winter
  • The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: keep, hold on

Narrower terms: bin, computerize, computerise, victual, roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard, hive

17

verb

Meaning 17

find a place for and put away for storage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • where should we stow the vegetables?
  • I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: keep, hold on

Narrower terms: garner, keep, mothball, reposit, wharf, tank, loft, warehouse, garage, bottle, ensile

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 Inherited from Middle English store, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stor, from Latin īnstaurāre, from īnstaurō + -āre.

Across languages

Translations

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պահեստ (pahest) — place where items may be kept
  • Assamese: ভঁৰাল (bhõral) — place where items may be kept
  • Bashkir: келәт (kelət) — place where items may be kept
  • Belarusian: склад (sklad) — place where items may be kept
  • Belarusian: схо́вішча (sxóvišča) — place where items may be kept
  • Bulgarian: склад (sklad) — place where items may be kept
  • Chickasaw: aachompa' — place where items may be kept
  • Chinese Mandarin: 倉庫 /仓库 (cāngkù) — place where items may be kept
  • Czech: sklad — place where items may be kept
  • Dutch: magazijn — place where items may be kept
  • Dutch: opslagplaats — place where items may be kept
  • Dutch: depot — place where items may be kept
  • Estonian: ladu — place where items may be kept
  • Finnish: varasto — place where items may be kept
  • French: entrepôt — place where items may be kept
  • Galician: depósito — place where items may be kept
  • German: Lager — place where items may be kept
  • German: Speicher — place where items may be kept
  • Greek: αποθήκη (apothíki) — place where items may be kept
  • Hindi: कोश (koś) — place where items may be kept
  • Italian: magazzino — place where items may be kept
  • Italian: deposito — place where items may be kept
  • Japanese: 倉庫 (sōko) — place where items may be kept
  • Korean: 창고 (changgo) — place where items may be kept
  • Latvian: noliktava — place where items may be kept
  • Lithuanian: sandėlis — place where items may be kept
  • Maltese: maħżen — place where items may be kept
  • Māori: pātengi — place where items may be kept
  • Māori: kōpapa — place where items may be kept
  • Māori: pātaka — place where items may be kept
  • Mongolian: нөөц (nööc) — place where items may be kept
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lager — place where items may be kept
  • Oromo: kuusaa — place where items may be kept
  • Polish: skład — place where items may be kept
  • Polish: magazyn — place where items may be kept
  • Portuguese: depósito — place where items may be kept
  • Romanian: depozit — place where items may be kept
  • Romanian: magazie — place where items may be kept
  • Russian: склад (sklad) — place where items may be kept
  • Russian: храни́лище (xranílišče) — place where items may be kept
  • Northern Sami: rádju — place where items may be kept
  • Spanish: depósito — place where items may be kept
  • Spanish: almacén — place where items may be kept
  • Spanish: bodega — place where items may be kept
  • Swedish: lager — place where items may be kept
  • Ottoman Turkish: مغازه (mağaza) — place where items may be kept
  • Ukrainian: склад (sklad) — place where items may be kept
  • Ukrainian: схо́вище (sxóvyšče) — place where items may be kept
  • Volapük: kipedöp — place where items may be kept
  • Belarusian: запа́с (zapás) — supply held in storage
  • Bulgarian: запа́с (zapás) — supply held in storage
  • Dutch: voorraad — supply held in storage
  • Finnish: varasto — supply held in storage
  • French: stock — supply held in storage
  • German: Vorrat — supply held in storage
  • German: Lagerbestand — supply held in storage
  • Greek: απόθεμα (apóthema) — supply held in storage
  • Greek: παρακαταθήκη (parakatathíki) — supply held in storage
  • Italian: scorta — supply held in storage
  • Latvian: krājums — supply held in storage
  • Lithuanian: atsargos — supply held in storage
  • Maltese: ħażna — supply held in storage
  • Māori: rokiroki — supply held in storage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lager — supply held in storage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forråd — supply held in storage
  • Persian: ذَخیرِه (zaxire) — supply held in storage
  • Persian: سِتَنْج (setanj) — supply held in storage
  • Polish: zapas — supply held in storage
  • Portuguese: estoque — supply held in storage
  • Romanian: stoc — supply held in storage
  • Russian: запа́с (zapás) — supply held in storage
  • Northern Sami: rádju — supply held in storage
  • Spanish: existencias — supply held in storage
  • Spanish: reservas — supply held in storage
  • Spanish: provisión — supply held in storage
  • Spanish: provisiones — supply held in storage
  • Swedish: lager — supply held in storage
  • Ukrainian: запа́с (zapás) — supply held in storage
  • Lutuv: chadaw — shop
  • Mirandese: lhoija — shop
  • Mirandese: loija — shop
  • Polish: sklep — shop
  • Portuguese: loja — shop
  • Polish: pamięć — in computing: memory
  • Amharic: አከማቸ (ʾäkämačä) — keep (something) while not in use
  • Arabic: خَزَنَ (ḵazana) — keep (something) while not in use
  • Asturian: almacenar — keep (something) while not in use
  • Bashkir: һаҡлау (haqlaw) — keep (something) while not in use
  • Bashkir: һаҡтау (haqtaw) — keep (something) while not in use
  • Bashkir: тотоу (totow) — keep (something) while not in use
  • Bulgarian: складирам (skladiram) — keep (something) while not in use
  • Catalan: emmagatzemar — keep (something) while not in use
  • Chinese Mandarin: 儲存 /储存 (chǔcún) — keep (something) while not in use
  • Dutch: bewaren — keep (something) while not in use
  • Finnish: varastoida — keep (something) while not in use
  • French: stocker — keep (something) while not in use
  • Galician: almacenar — keep (something) while not in use
  • German: lagern — keep (something) while not in use
  • Ancient Greek: ἀποτίθημι (apotíthēmi) — keep (something) while not in use
  • Hungarian: tárol — keep (something) while not in use
  • Irish: coinnigh — keep (something) while not in use
  • Italian: immagazzinare — keep (something) while not in use
  • Japanese: 蓄える (takuwaeru) — keep (something) while not in use
  • Japanese: 備蓄する (bichiku suru) — keep (something) while not in use
  • Japanese: 貯める (tameru) — keep (something) while not in use
  • Korean: 보관시키다 (bogwansikida) — keep (something) while not in use
  • Latin: condō — keep (something) while not in use
  • Lithuanian: sandėliuoti — keep (something) while not in use
  • Māori: roki — keep (something) while not in use
  • Mongolian: нөөцлөх (nööclöx) — keep (something) while not in use
  • Khiamniungan Naga: tèulòuh — keep (something) while not in use
  • Norwegian: oppbevare — keep (something) while not in use
  • Polish: przechowywać — keep (something) while not in use
  • Polish: przechować — keep (something) while not in use
  • Polish: odkładać — keep (something) while not in use
  • Polish: odłożyć — keep (something) while not in use
  • Polish: magazynować — keep (something) while not in use
  • Polish: zmagazynować — keep (something) while not in use
  • Polish: zamagazynować — keep (something) while not in use
  • Portuguese: armazenar — keep (something) while not in use
  • Portuguese: guardar — keep (something) while not in use
  • Romanian: depozita — keep (something) while not in use
  • Russian: храни́ть (xranítʹ) — keep (something) while not in use
  • Scottish Gaelic: stòir — keep (something) while not in use
  • Slovene: shraniti — keep (something) while not in use
  • Spanish: almacenar — keep (something) while not in use
  • Swedish: lagra — keep (something) while not in use
  • Swedish: förvara — keep (something) while not in use
  • Ukrainian: зберіга́ти (zberiháty) — keep (something) while not in use
  • Bashkir: һаҡлау (haqlaw) — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • Bulgarian: записвам (zapisvam) — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • Danish: lagre — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • Dutch: opslaan — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • Finnish: tallettaa — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • French: stocker — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • German: speichern — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • Italian: registrare — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • Norwegian: lagre — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • Polish: przechowywać — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • Polish: przechować — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • Russian: храни́ть (xranítʹ) — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • Slovene: shraniti — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • Spanish: almacenar — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • Swedish: lagra — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • Swedish: spara — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • Ukrainian: зберіга́ти (zberiháty) — computing: write (something) into memory or registers
  • Bashkir: һаҡланыу (haqlanıw) — remain in good condition while stored
  • Bashkir: һаҡталыу (haqtalıw) — remain in good condition while stored
  • Bulgarian: съхранявам се (sǎhranjavam se) — remain in good condition while stored
  • Danish: beholde — remain in good condition while stored
  • Dutch: behouden — remain in good condition while stored
  • Finnish: säilyä — remain in good condition while stored
  • French: conserver — remain in good condition while stored
  • German: sich halten — remain in good condition while stored
  • Italian: conservare — remain in good condition while stored
  • Norwegian: holde (seg) — remain in good condition while stored
  • Polish: konserwować się — remain in good condition while stored
  • Polish: zakonserwować się — remain in good condition while stored
  • Polish: przechowywać się — remain in good condition while stored
  • Polish: przechować się — remain in good condition while stored
  • Polish: zachowywać się — remain in good condition while stored
  • Polish: zachować się — remain in good condition while stored
  • Russian: сохраня́ться (soxranjátʹsja) — remain in good condition while stored
  • Russian: сохрани́ться (soxranítʹsja) — remain in good condition while stored
  • Spanish: conservar — remain in good condition while stored
  • Swedish: hålla sig — remain in good condition while stored
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