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warehouse

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/
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  • CMU ARPABET: W EH1 R HH AW2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A facility for storing large amounts of merchandise or products.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: house

2

noun

Meaning 2

An intermediate facility where goods are transported from the manufacturer prior to their distribution to retailers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: logistics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To store in a warehouse or similar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To acquire and then shelve, simply to prevent competitors from acquiring it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: business

Examples

  • the warehousing of syndicated TV shows

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a storehouse for goods and merchandise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: storage warehouse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store

Narrower terms: godown

7

verb

Meaning 7

store in a warehouse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: store

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English ware Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English warehouse From ware + house.

Across languages

Translations

198 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: magazinë — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Albanian: depo — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Amharic: መጋዘን (mägazän) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Arabic: مَخْزَن (maḵzan) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Arabic: مُسْتَوْدَع (mustawdaʕ) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Armenian: պահեստ (pahest) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Armenian: ապրանքապահեստ (aprankʻapahest) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Assamese: গুদাম (gudam) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Azerbaijani: anbar — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Belarusian: склад (sklad) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Belarusian: схо́вішча (sxóvišča) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Belarusian: амба́р (ambár) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Belarusian: пакга́уз (pakháuz) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Bengali: গুদাম (gudam) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Bengali: পণ্যাগার (ponnagar) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Bulgarian: склад (sklad) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Bulgarian: магази́я (magazíja) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Burmese: ဂိုဒေါင် (guidaung) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Catalan: magatzem — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Chinese Cantonese: 倉庫 /仓库 (cong1 fu3) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Chinese: амбар (ambar) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Chinese: 倉庫 /仓库 (zh-min-nan) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Chinese Mandarin: 倉庫 /仓库 (cāngkù) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Cornish: gwaraji — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Czech: sklad — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Czech: skladiště — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Danish: varehus — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Danish: lager — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Danish: pakhus — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Dutch: pakhuis — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Dutch: opslagplaats — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Esperanto: magazeno — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Estonian: ladu — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Faroese: pakkhús — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Faroese: goymsluhús — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Faroese: goymsla — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Finnish: varasto — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • French: entrepôt — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • French: dépôt — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Galician: armacén — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Galician: fondaca — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Galician: fundago — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Galician: fromeira — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Galician: magacén — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Georgian: საწყობი (sac̣q̇obi) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • German: Lager — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • German: Lagerhaus — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • German: Speicherhaus — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • German: Packhaus — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Greek: αποθήκη (apothíki) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Ancient Greek: ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Hebrew: מַחְסָן (makhsán) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Hindi: कोठी (koṭhī) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Hindi: मालगोदाम (mālgodām) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Hindi: गोदाम (godām) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Hindi: माल-ख़ाना (māl-xānā) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Hungarian: raktár — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Icelandic: vöruhús — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Icelandic: lager — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Icelandic: pakkhús — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Icelandic: skemma — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Ido: magazino — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Indonesian: gudang — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Italian: magazzino — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Japanese: 倉庫 (sōko) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Javanese: gudhang — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Kazakh: қойма (qoima) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Kazakh: қамба (qamba) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Khmer: កោដ្ឋ (kaot) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Khmer: ឃ្លាំង (khlĕəng) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Khmer: ជង្រុក (cɔɔcŭəngruk) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Khmer: ភណ្ឌាគារ (phŏəndiəkiə) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Korean: 창고 (changgo) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Northern Kurdish: embar — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Northern Kurdish: mexzen — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Northern Kurdish: depo — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Kyrgyz: кампа (kampa) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Kyrgyz: склад (sklad) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Ladino: magazen — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Lao: ສາງ (sāng) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Lao: ກຸດັງ — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Lao: ໂກດັງ (kō dang) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Latin: apothēca — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Latvian: noliktava — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Lithuanian: sandėlys — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Lithuanian: sandėlis — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Macedonian: магаци́н (magacín) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Macedonian: склад (sklad) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Macedonian: скла́диште (skládište) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Macedonian: стова́риште (stovárište) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Malay: gudang — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Māori: whare pūkainga taonga — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Mongolian: агуулах (aguulax) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Mongolian: амбаар (ambaar) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lager — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Norwegian Bokmål: varehus — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lager — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: varehus — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Pashto: ګودام (godām) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Pashto: امبارخانه (ambārxāna) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Pashto: ډيپو (ḍepo) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Pashto: تحويلخانه (tahwilxāna) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Pashto: امبار (ambār) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Pashto: مخزن (maxzan) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Iranian Persian: اَنْبار (anbâr) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Iranian Persian: مَخْزَن (maxzan) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Pohnpeian: sohko — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Polish: magazyn — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Polish: skład — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Portuguese: armazém — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Quechua: qullqa — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Romanian: magazie — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Romanian: antrepozit — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Romanian: depozit — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Russian: склад (sklad) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Russian: храни́лище (xranílišče) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Russian: пакга́уз (pakgáuz) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Russian: амба́р (ambár) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Serbo-Croatian: скла̏дӣште — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Serbo-Croatian: сместиште — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Serbo-Croatian: спре̏мнӣк — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Serbo-Croatian: sklȁdīšte — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Serbo-Croatian: smestište — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Serbo-Croatian: sprȅmnīk — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Slovak: sklad — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Slovak: skladište — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Slovak: skladisko — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Slovene: skladišče — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Spanish: almacén — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Spanish: depósito — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Spanish: magacén — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Swahili: bohari — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Swedish: lagerlokal — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Swedish: lager — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Swedish: magasin — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Swedish: packhus — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Swedish: magasinsbyggnad — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Tagalog: pintungan — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Tajik: анбор (anbor) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Tajik: махзан (maxzan) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Tatar: амбар (ambar) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Telugu: గోదాము (gōdāmu) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Telugu: గిడ్డంగి (giḍḍaṅgi) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Thai: คลังสินค้า (klang-sǐn-káa) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Thai: โกดัง (goo-dang) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Thai: กุดัง (gù-dang) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Tigrinya: መኽዘን (mäxzän) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Turkish: antrepo — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Turkish: depo — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Turkish: ambar — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Ottoman Turkish: انبار (anbar) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Ottoman Turkish: مخزن (mahzen) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Turkmen: ammar — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Turkmen: sklad — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Ugaritic: 𐎛𐎁𐎒𐎐 (ỉbsn) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Ukrainian: склад (sklad) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Ukrainian: схо́вище (sxóvyšče) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Ukrainian: амба́р (ambár) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Ukrainian: пакга́уз (pakháuz) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Urdu: گودام (godām) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Urdu: اَن٘بار (ambār) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Urdu: مال خانَہ (māl xāna) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Urdu: مال گودام (māl godām) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Urdu: مَخْزَن (maxzan) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Uyghur: ئامبار (ambar) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Uyghur: ئىسكىلات (iskilat) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Uzbek: ombor — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Uzbek: sklad — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Vietnamese: kho hàng — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Vietnamese: kho — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Vietnamese: nhà kho — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Volapük: magad — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Volapük: canamagad — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Welsh: warws — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Yakut: ыскылаат (ïskïlaat) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Yiddish: מאַגאַזין (magazin) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Yiddish: סקלאַד (sklad) — a place for storing large amounts of products
  • Chinese Mandarin: 存倉 /存仓 — store
  • Dutch: opslaan — store
  • Faroese: goyma — store
  • Finnish: varastoida — store
  • German: lagern — store
  • German: einlagern — store
  • Greek: αποθηκεύω (apothikévo) — store
  • Ido: enmagazinigar — store
  • Polish: magazynować — store
  • Polish: zmagazynować — store
  • Polish: zamagazynować — store
  • Portuguese: armazenar — store
  • Romanian: depozita — store
  • Romanian: înmagazina — store
  • Russian: храни́ть (xranítʹ) — store
  • Serbo-Croatian: скла̏диштити — store
  • Serbo-Croatian: sklȁdištiti — store
  • Spanish: almacenar — store
  • Swedish: lager — store
  • Swedish: lagra — store
  • Volapük: magadön — store
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