Overview of noun store

The noun store has 4 senses

• shop, store -- (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod")


• store, stock, fund -- (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 board -- (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, store -- (a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks")

Overview of verb store

The verb store has 2 senses

• store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away -- (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")


• store -- (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")