What does STORE mean?
Definitions for STORE
stɔr, stoʊrstore
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word STORE.
Princeton's WordNet
shop, storenoun
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
"he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"
store, stock, fundnoun
a supply of something available for future use
"he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory boardnoun
an electronic memory device
"a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, storeverb
a depository for goods
"storehouses were built close to the docks"
store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash awayverb
keep or lay aside for future use
"store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
storeverb
find a place for and put away for storage
"where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some"
Wiktionary
storenoun
A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
This building used to be a store for old tires.
storenoun
A supply held in storage.
We have a large store of beer, in case we're snowed in.
storenoun
A place where items may be purchased.
I need to get some milk from the grocery store.
storenoun
Memory.
The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time.
storeverb
To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
I'll store these books in the attic.
storeverb
Write (something) into memory or registers.
This operation stores the result on the stack.
storeverb
To remain in good condition while stored.
I don't think that kind of cheese will store well in the refrigerator.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Storeadjective
Hoarded; laid up; accumulated.
What floods of treasure have flowed into Europe by that action, so that the cause of Christendom is raised since twenty times told: of this treasure the gold was accumulate and store treasure; but the silver is still growing. Francis Bacon, Holy War.
STOREnoun
Etymology: stôr, in old Swedish and Runick, is much, and is prefixed to other words to intend their signification; stor, Danish; stoor, Islandick, is great. The Teutonick dialects nearer to English seem not to have retained this word.
The ships are fraught with store of victuals, and good quantity of treasure. Francis Bacon.
None yet, but store hereafter from the earth
Up hither like aereal vapours flew,
Of all things transitory and vain, when sin
With vanity had fill’d the works of men. John Milton, Par. Lost.Jove, grant me length of life, and years good store
Heap on my bended back. John Dryden, Juvenal.We liv’d
Supine amidst our flowing store,
We slept securely, and we dreamt of more. Dryden.Thee, goddess, thee, Britannia’s isle adores:
How has she oft exhausted all her stores,
How oft in fields of death thy presence sought?
Nor thinks the mighty prize too dearly bought. Addison.Their minds are richly fraught
With philosophick stores. James Thomson.Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? Deutr. xxxii. 34.
Divine Cecilia came,
Inventress of the vocal frame:
The sweet enthusiast from her sacred store
Enlarg’d the former narrow bounds,
And added length to solemn sounds. Dryden.Sulphurous and nitrous foam,
Concocted and adusted, they reduc’d
To blackest grain, and into store convey’d. John Milton.To Storeverb
Etymology: from the noun.
Wise Plato said the world with men was stor’d,
That succour each to other might afford. John Denham.Her face with thousand beauties blest;
Her mind with thousand virtues stor’d;
Her pow’r with boundless joy confest,
Her person only not ador’d. Matthew Prior.Some were of opinion that it were best to stay where they were, until more aid and store of victuals were come; but others said the enemy were but barely stored with victuals, and therefore could not long hold out. Richard Knolles, Hist. of the Turks.
One having stored a pond of four acres with carps, tench, and other fish, and only put in two small pikes, at seven years end, upon the draught, not one fish was left, but the two pikes grown to an excessive bigness. Matthew Hale.
The mind reflects on its own operations about the ideas got by sensation, and thereby stores itself with a new set of ideas, which I call ideas of reflection. John Locke.
To store the vessel let the care be mine,
With water from the rocks and rosy wine,
And life-sustaining bread. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.Let the main part of the corn be a common stock, laid in and stored up, and then delivered out in proportion. Francis Bacon.
ChatGPT
store
A store is a place where goods or products are kept, displayed, and sold to customers. It typically refers to a physical retail location, but can also include online platforms where products are listed and sold. Stores are often organized by categories or departments, allowing customers to browse and select items they wish to purchase. The primary purpose of a store is to facilitate the exchange of goods and services between sellers and consumers.
Webster Dictionary
Storeverb
that which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number
Storeverb
a place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine
Storeverb
any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or retail; a shop
Storeverb
articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family
Storeadjective
accumulated; hoarded
Storeverb
to collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away
Storeverb
to furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time
Storeverb
to deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods
Etymology: [OE. storen, OF. estorer to construct, restore, store, LL. staurare, for L. instaurare to renew, restore; in + staurare (in comp.) Cf. Instore, Instaurate, Restore, Story a floor.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Store
stōr, n. a hoard or quantity gathered: abundance: a storehouse: any place where goods are sold: (pl.) supplies of provisions, ammunition, &c. for an army or a ship.—v.t. to gather in quantities: to supply: to lay up in store: to hoard: to place in a warehouse.—adj. Stō′rable, capable of being stored.—ns. Stō′rage, the placing in a store: the safe-keeping of goods in a store: the price paid or charged for keeping goods in a store; Store′-farm (Scot.), a stock-farm, a cattle-farm; Store′-farm′er; Store′house, a house for storing goods of any kind: a repository: a treasury; Store′-keep′er, a man who has charge of a store: one who owns a store: (U.S.) any unsaleable article; Stō′rer, one who stores; Store′room, a room in which things are stored: a room in a store; Store′-ship, a vessel used for transporting naval stores.—In store (Shak.), in hoard for future use, ready for supply; Set store by, to value greatly. [O. Fr. estor, estoire—L. instaurāre, to provide.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
store
[prob.: from techspeak main store] In some varieties of Commonwealth hackish, the preferred synonym for core. Thus, bringing a program into store means not that one is returning shrink-wrapped software but that a program is being swapped in.
Etymology and Origins
Store
An Americanism for a shop or warehouse.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
STORE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Store is ranked #102197 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Store surname appeared 176 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Store.
56.2% or 99 total occurrences were White.
25% or 44 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
11.3% or 20 total occurrences were Black.
4.5% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
Matched Categories
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'STORE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2858
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'STORE' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3009
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'STORE' in Nouns Frequency: #791
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'STORE' in Verbs Frequency: #535
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Anagrams for STORE »
resto
torse
stero
soter
rotse
roset
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of STORE in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of STORE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of STORE in a Sentence
The Englewood , Colorado-based company:
This decision follows a comprehensive review of the Sports Authority store portfolio in light of the increasing amount of shopping that is occurring online.
According to the employee, he caught up with Richard Lee Richards outside as he fled the store and asked to see a receipt for the toolbox. Instead of providing the receipt, Mr. Richard Lee Richards brandished a knife and said,' Here's your receipt.' richard Lee Richards refused to comply, and instead continued to head through the Walmart and Lowe's parking lots.
She never met a stranger. If you go to the store with Linda, you're doing a two-hour stay. You can never just pop in and pop out.
You know, it's a big cast on a big mountain. But, in the end, they were all ready for what was in store for them.
We evaluate the dog for being sound around people, other dogs, noises, cars, and riding in the bus, we take them to the store and walk them around. If they keep progressing through that, then they spend the next three to four months getting their basic formal obedience done.
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- خزن, متجرArabic
- emmagatzemarCatalan, Valencian
- skladCzech
- lagre, beholdeDanish
- Lager, Vorrat, Lagerbestand, Speicher, speichern, lagernGerman
- παρακαταθήκη, αποθήκη, απόθεμαGreek
- vendejoEsperanto
- almacenar, tienda, conservar, depósitoSpanish
- laduEstonian
- فروشگاهPersian
- varasto, säilyä, varastoida, tallettaaFinnish
- stock, conserver, stocker, magasin, entrepôtFrench
- coinnighIrish
- stòirScottish Gaelic
- almacenarGalician
- दुकानHindi
- boltHungarian
- պահեստArmenian
- tokoIndonesian
- conservare, scorta, immagazzinare, negozio, magazzino, deposito, registrareItalian
- חנותHebrew
- 蓄えるJapanese
- ಅಂಗಡಿKannada
- storeLatin
- ħażna, maħżenMaltese
- magazijn, voorraad, opslaan, behouden, bewarenDutch
- holde (seg), lagre, oppbevare, lager, forrådNorwegian
- sklepPolish
- estoque, guardar, depósito, armazenar, lojaPortuguese
- stoc, magazie, depozitRomanian
- хранить, магазин, сохраняться, сохраниться, склад, хранилищеRussian
- shranitiSlovene
- lagra, lager, förvara, spara, hålla sigSwedish
- магазинUkrainian
- اسٹورUrdu
- kipedöpVolapük
- קראָםYiddish
- 商店Chinese
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