English

Etymology

Middle English < Old French < from Latin instaurare

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

Noun

store (plural stores)

1. A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.

   This building used to be a store for old tires.

2. A supply held in storage.

   We have a large store of beer, in case we're snowed in.

3. (mainly North American) A place where items may be purchased.

   I need to get some milk from the grocery store.

4. (computing, archaic) Memory.

   The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time.

Synonyms

• (place where items may be kept):
• (supply held in storage): stock, supply
• (place from which items may be purchased): boutique, shop (UK)
• (in computing): memory

Derived terms

Related terms

• storage

Translations

in computing See memory

• Ukrainian: крамниця (kramnýc’a) f. (1), комора (komóra) f. (2), запас (zapás) m. (3), пам'ять (pámjat’) f. (4)

Verb

to store (third-person singular simple present stores, present participle storing, simple past and past participle stored)

1. (transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.

   I'll store these books in the attic.

2. (transitive, computing) Write (something) into memory or registers.

   This operation stores the result on the stack.

3. (intransitive) To remain in good condition while stored.

   I don't think that kind of cheese will store well in the refrigerator.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Latin storea

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /stɔʁ/, SAMPA: /stOR/

Noun

store m. (plural stores)

1. blind, shade (for a window)

Swedish

Adjective

store

1. definite singular, natural gender masculine, of stor