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storeroom

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A room used for storage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a room in which things are stored

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: storage room, stowage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: room

Narrower terms: chandlery, lumber room, pantry, larder, buttery, stockroom, stock room, strongroom

History

Etymology

From store + room.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: መጋዘን (mägazän) — room used for storage
  • Bulgarian: килер (kiler) — room used for storage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 儲藏室 /储藏室 (chǔcángshì) — room used for storage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 庫房 /库房 (kùfáng) — room used for storage
  • Dutch: berging — room used for storage
  • Finnish: varasto — room used for storage
  • Finnish: varastohuone — room used for storage
  • French: réserve — room used for storage
  • French: magasin — room used for storage
  • French: débarras — room used for storage
  • Galician: rocho — room used for storage
  • Galician: celeiro — room used for storage
  • German: Lager — room used for storage
  • German: Lagerraum — room used for storage
  • German: Abstellraum — room used for storage
  • Greek: αποθήκη (apothíki) — room used for storage
  • Ancient Greek: ἀποθηκή (apothēkḗ) — room used for storage
  • Hungarian: raktár — room used for storage
  • Hungarian: tároló — room used for storage
  • Hungarian: raktárhelyiség — room used for storage
  • Hungarian: tárolóhelyiség — room used for storage
  • Japanese: 物置 (monooki) — room used for storage
  • Latin: cella — room used for storage
  • Manchu: ᡥᠠᡧᠠ (haša) — room used for storage
  • Norman: chânyi — room used for storage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bod — room used for storage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bu — room used for storage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lagerrom — room used for storage
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bu — room used for storage
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lagerrom — room used for storage
  • Plautdietsch: Prellkoma — room used for storage
  • Polish: magazynek — room used for storage
  • Polish: składzik — room used for storage
  • Portuguese: despensa — room used for storage
  • Russian: кладова́я (kladovája) — room used for storage
  • Russian: подсо́бка (podsóbka) — room used for storage
  • Russian: цейхга́уз (cejxgáuz) — room used for storage
  • Sanskrit: कोष्ठागार (koṣṭhāgāra) — room used for storage
  • Spanish: almacén — room used for storage
  • Spanish: bodega — room used for storage
  • Swahili: ghala — room used for storage
  • Turkish: kiler — room used for storage
  • Ottoman Turkish: مغازه (mağaza) — room used for storage