Definition of store
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a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
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bakehouse, bakery, bakeshop
a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold
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patisserie
a bakery specializing in French pastry
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barbershop
a shop where men can get their hair cut
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bazaar, bazar
a shop where a variety of goods are sold
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betting shop
a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track
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bodega
a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries
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bookshop, bookstall, bookstore
a shop where books are sold
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booth
a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment
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sales booth, stall, stand
a booth where articles are displayed for sale
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boutique, dress shop
a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry
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building supply house, building supply store
a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures
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butcher shop, meat market
a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold
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canteen
sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.
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chain store
one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise
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cleaners, dry cleaners
shop where dry cleaning is done
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clothing store, haberdashery, haberdashery store, mens store
a store where men's clothes are sold
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slopseller's shop, slopshop
a store that sells cheap ready-made clothing
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commissary
a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)
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PX, post exchange
a commissary on a United States Army post
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slop chest
commissary maintained aboard merchant ships to sell merchandise to the crew
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small stores
personal items conforming to regulations that are sold aboard ship or at a naval base and charged to the person's pay
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computer store
a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user
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candy store, confectionary, confectionery
a confectioner's shop
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tuck shop
a candy store in Great Britain
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convenience store
a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items; open long hours for the convenience of customers
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deli, delicatessen, food shop
a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
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charcuterie
a delicatessen that specializes in meats
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apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, drugstore, pharmacy
a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold
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florist, florist shop, flower store
a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold
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gift shop, novelty shop
a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts
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hardware store, ironmonger, ironmonger's shop
a store selling hardware
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head shop
a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users
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junk shop
a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods
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hat shop, millinery
shop selling women's hats
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outfitter
a shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose
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liquor store, off-licence, package store
a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere
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loan office, pawnbroker's shop, pawnshop
a shop where loans are made with personal property as security
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perfumery
store where perfumes are sold
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pet shop
a shop where pet animals can be purchased
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pizza parlor, pizza shop, pizzeria
a shop where pizzas are made and sold
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fix-it shop, repair shop
a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance
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garage, service department
a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired
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beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty salon, beauty shop, salon
a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work
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shoe shop, shoe store, shoe-shop
a shop where shoes are sold
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specialty store
a store that sells only one kind of merchandise
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second-hand store, thriftshop
a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices
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tobacco shop, tobacconist, tobacconist shop
a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes
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toyshop
shop where toys are sold
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mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet
a place of business for retailing goods
a supply of something available for future use
"he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
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base, infrastructure
the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
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cache, hoard, stash
a secret store of valuables or money
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provision
a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)
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government issue, issue, military issue
supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
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seed stock
a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting
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seed corn, seed grain
good quality seeds (as kernels of corn) that are reserved for planting
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accumulation
(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
an electronic memory device
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- computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, storage
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non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage
computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off
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flash memory
nonvolatile storage that can be electrically erased and programmed anew
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magnetic bubble memory
a nonvolatile storage device that holds information in the form of bubbles on a thin film of magnetic silicate; no longer used in most computers
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ROM, fixed storage, read-only memory, read-only storage
(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
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CD-ROM, compact disc read-only memory
a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user
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EPROM, erasable programmable read-only memory
(computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data
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real storage
the main memory in a virtual memory system
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scratchpad
(computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information
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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
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volatile storage
computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off
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RAM, random access memory, random memory, random-access memory, read/write memory
the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
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computer hardware, hardware
(computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
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memory device, storage device
a device that preserves information for retrieval
a depository for goods
"storehouses were built close to the docks"
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- depot, entrepot, storage, storehouse
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dump
a place where supplies can be stored
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garner, granary
a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
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crib
a bin or granary for storing grains
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magazine, powder magazine, powder store
a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
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railhead
a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
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treasure house
a storehouse for treasures
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storage warehouse, warehouse
a storehouse for goods and merchandise
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godown
(in India and Malaysia) a warehouse
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deposit, depositary, depository, repository
a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
Verbs
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"
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- hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away
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bin
store in bins
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computerise, computerize
store in a computer
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victual
lay in provisions
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accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up
get or gather together
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run up
pile up (debts or scores)
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corral
collect or gather
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collect, pull in
get or bring together
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come up, scrape, scrape up, scratch
gather (money or other resources) together over time
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chunk, lump
put together indiscriminately
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bale
make into a bale
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catch
take in and retain
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fund
accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability
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fund
place or store up in a fund for accumulation
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hive
store, like bees
find a place for and put away for storage
"I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some"
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garner
store grain
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keep
store or keep customarily
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mothball
put into long-term storage
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reposit
put (something) in a place for storage
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wharf
store on a wharf
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tank
store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
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loft
store in a loft
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warehouse
store in a warehouse
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garage
keep or store in a garage
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bottle
store (liquids or gases) in bottles
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ensile
store in a silo
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