- store
- [[t]stɔ͟ː(r)[/t]]
♦♦stores, storing, stored1) N-COUNT A store is a building or part of a building where things are sold. In British English, store is used mainly to refer to a large shop selling a variety of goods, but in American English a store can be any size of shop.
Bombs were planted in stores in Manchester and Blackpool.
...grocery stores.
...a record store.
Syn:2) VERB When you store things, you put them in a container or other place and leave them there until they are needed.[V n prep/adv] Store the cookies in an airtight tin...
[V n prep/adv] Some types of garden furniture must be stored inside in the winter. [Also V n]
Syn:Store away means the same as store.V n P
He simply stored the tapes away... V P n (not pron) He's stored away nearly one ton of potatoes.3) VERB When you store information, you keep it in your memory, in a file, or in a computer.[V n] Where in the brain do we store information about colours?
[V n] ...chips for storing data in electronic equipment.
4) N-COUNT: usu N of n A store of things is a supply of them that you keep somewhere until you need them.I handed over my secret store of chocolate biscuits...
Dolly's store of drinking glasses had run out.
Syn:supply, stock5) N-COUNT: usu with supp A store is a place where things are kept while they are not being used....a decision taken in 1982 to build a store for spent fuel from submarines.
...a grain store.
6) N-COUNT: usu N of n If you have a store of knowledge, jokes, or stories, you have a large amount of them ready to be used.He possessed a vast store of knowledge...
Jessica dipped into her store of theatrical anecdotes.
7) → See also , cold store, department store8) PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR, usu PHR for n If something is in store for you, it is going to happen at some time in the future.Surprises were also in store for me.
9) PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n If you set great store by something, you think that it is extremely important or necessary. [FORMAL]...a retail group which sets great store by traditional values.
Phrasal Verbs:- store up
English dictionary. 2008.
