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

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"):

perfumery (store where perfumes are sold)

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

hardware store; ironmonger; ironmonger's shop (a store selling hardware)

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

junk shop (a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

toyshop (shop where toys are sold)

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

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

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

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

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

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

bodega (a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A supply of something available for future use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

fund; stock; store

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"):

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

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

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

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

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

Derivation:

store (keep or lay aside for future use)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An electronic memory device

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

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

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"):

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)

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)

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

Meaning:

A depository for goods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

depot; entrepot; storage; store; storehouse

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"):

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

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

treasure house (a storehouse for treasures)

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

dump (a place where supplies can be stored)

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

Derivation:

store (find a place for and put away for storage)

• STORE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Keep or lay aside for future use

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

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

Context example:

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

Derivation:

storage (the act of storing something)

store (a supply of something available for future use)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Find a place for and put away for storage

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

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"):

garner (store grain)

keep (store or keep customarily)

mothball (put into long-term storage)

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

wharf (store on a wharf)

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

loft (store in a loft)

warehouse (store in a warehouse)

garage (keep or store in a garage)

bottle (store (liquids or gases) in bottles)

ensile (store in a silo)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

storage (the act of storing something)

store (a depository for goods)

 Context examples 

The bladder is a hollow organ in your lower abdomen that stores urine.

(Bladder Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

“It’s good coffee, too, I know. I took it from Larsen’s private stores. And look at that good wood.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Biospecimens are stored in a biorepository and are used for laboratory research.

(Biospecimen, NCI Dictionary)

If the samples are from people, medical information may also be stored along with a written consent to use the samples in laboratory studies.

(Biorepository, NCI Dictionary)

And when he had gone, she would return to her books with a keener zest and fresh store of energy.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Your body can use this fuel right away, or it can store the energy in your body tissues, such as your liver, muscles, and body fat.

(Metabolic Disorders, NIH)

The doctor hailed them and told them of the stores we had left, and where they were to find them.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Hospital stores are not always good.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Once again we were able to visit our camp and get at our stores.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I’ve never shown you my little store.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)