STORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does store mean? 

• STORE (noun)
  The noun STORE has 4 senses:

1. a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
2. a supply of something available for future use
3. an electronic memory device
4. a depository for goods

  Familiarity information: STORE used as a noun is uncommon.

• STORE (verb)
  The verb STORE has 2 senses:

1. keep or lay aside for future use
2. find a place for and put away for storage

  Familiarity information: STORE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STORE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

shop; store

Context example:

he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod

Hypernyms ("store" is a kind of...):

mercantile establishment; outlet; retail store; sales outlet (a place of business for retailing goods)

Meronyms (parts of "store"):

shopfront; storefront (the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "store"):

loan office; pawnbroker's shop; pawnshop (a shop where loans are made with personal property as security)

liquor store; off-licence; package store (a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere)

outfitter (a shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose)

hat shop; millinery (shop selling women's hats)

junk shop (a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods)

head shop (a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users)

hardware store; ironmongery (a store selling hardware)

gift shop; novelty shop (a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts)

perfumery (store where perfumes are sold)

pet shop (a shop where pet animals can be purchased)

toyshop (shop where toys are sold)

tobacco shop; tobacconist; tobacconist shop (a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes)

second-hand store; thriftshop (a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices)

specialty store (a store that sells only one kind of merchandise)

shoe shop; shoe store; shoe-shop (a shop where shoes are sold)

beauty parlor; beauty parlour; beauty salon; beauty shop; salon (a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work)

fix-it shop; repair shop (a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance)

pizza parlor; pizza shop; pizzeria (a shop where pizzas are made and sold)

florist; florist shop; flower store (a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold)

apothecary's shop; chemist's; chemist's shop; drugstore; pharmacy (a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold)

deli; delicatessen; food shop (a shop selling ready-to-eat food products)

boutique; dress shop (a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry)

booth (a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment)

bookshop; bookstall; bookstore (a shop where books are sold)

bodega (a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries)

betting shop (a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track)

bazaar; bazar (a shop where a variety of goods are sold)

barbershop (a shop where men can get their hair cut)

bakehouse; bakery; bakeshop (a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold)

building supply house; building supply store (a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures)

butcher shop; meat market (a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold)

convenience store (a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items; open long hours for the convenience of customers)

candy store; confectionary; confectionery (a confectioner's shop)

computer store (a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user)

commissary (a retail store that sells equipment and provisions to military personnel)

clothing store; haberdashery; haberdashery store; mens store (a store where men's clothes are sold)

cleaners; dry cleaners (shop where dry cleaning is done)

chain store (one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise)

canteen (sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A supply of something available for future use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

fund; store; stock

Context example:

he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars

Hypernyms ("store" is a kind of...):

accumulation ((finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "store"):

seed stock (a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting)

government issue; issue; military issue (supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government)

provision (a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms))

cache; hoard; stash (a secret store of valuables or money)

base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

An electronic memory device

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

computer memory; computer storage; memory board; store; memory; storage

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("store" is a kind of...):

computer hardware; hardware ((computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system)

memory device; storage device (a device that preserves information for retrieval)

Meronyms (parts of "store"):

register ((computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "store"):

virtual memory; virtual storage ((computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses)

non-volatile storage; nonvolatile storage (computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off)

fixed storage; read-only memory; read-only storage; ROM ((computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed)

real storage (the main memory in a virtual memory system)

scratchpad ((computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information)

volatile storage (computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off)

Holonyms ("store" is a part of...):

computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)

Sense 4

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Meaning:

A depository for goods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

storehouse; entrepot; storage; depot; store

Context example:

storehouses were built close to the docks

Hypernyms ("store" is a kind of...):

deposit; depositary; depository; repository (a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "store"):

storage warehouse; warehouse (a storehouse for goods and merchandise)

treasure house (a storehouse for treasures)

railhead (a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution)

magazine; powder magazine; powder store (a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored)

garner; granary (a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed)

dump (a place where supplies can be stored)

• STORE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Keep or lay aside for future use

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

store; stash away; stack away; salt away; lay in; hive away; put in

Context examples:

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

Hypernyms (to "store" is one way to...):

hold on; keep (retain possession of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "store"):

hive (store, like bees)

accumulate; amass; collect; compile; hoard; pile up; roll up (get or gather together)

victual (lay in provisions)

computerise; computerize (store in a computer)

bin (store in bins)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Find a place for and put away for storage

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context examples:

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

Hypernyms (to "store" is one way to...):

hold on; keep (retain possession of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "store"):

bottle (store (liquids or gases) in bottles)

garage (keep or store in a garage)

warehouse (store in a warehouse)

loft (store in a loft)

tank (store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it)

wharf (store on a wharf)

reposit (put (something) in a place for storage)

mothball (put into long-term storage)

keep (store or keep customarily)

garner (store grain)

ensile (store in a silo)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something