Dictionary
store
Pronunciation: (stôr, stōr), [key]
—n., v., stored, stor•ing,
—adj.
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n.
1. an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
2. a grocery:
We need bread and milk from the store.
3. a stall, room, floor, or building housing or suitable for housing a retail business.
4. a supply or stock of something, esp. one for future use.
5. stores,supplies of food, clothing, or other requisites, as for a household, inn, or naval or military forces.
6. Chiefly Brit.a storehouse or warehouse.
7. quantity, esp. great quantity; abundance, or plenty:
a rich store of grain.
8. in store,
a. in readiness or reserve.
b. about to happen; imminent:
There is a great deal of trouble in store for them if they persist in their ways.
9. set or lay store by, to have high regard for; value; esteem:
She sets great store by good character.
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v.t.
1. to supply or stock with something, as for future use.
2. to accumulate or put away, for future use (usually fol. by
up or
away).
3. to deposit in a storehouse, warehouse, or other place for keeping.
4. Computers.to put or retain (data) in a memory unit.
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v.i.
1. to take in or hold supplies, goods, or articles, as for future use.
2. to remain fresh and usable for considerable time on being stored:
Flour stores well.
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adj.
bought from a store; commercial:
a loaf of store bread. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
