# storage

Pronunciation: US say "STOR-ij" /ˈstɔɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/; UK say "STAW-rij" /ˈstɔː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/

## Noun

1. A container, room, or facility used to keep something in.
   - Simple: A place or container where you keep things.
   - _They turned the attic into extra storage, with deep shelves running along both walls._
   - _After the dry summer, the region's water storages were less than half full._
2. The act of keeping goods somewhere, or the state of being kept.
   - Simple: Keeping things somewhere while they are not being used, or being kept there.
   - _The museum keeps fragile artifacts in climate-controlled storage._
   - _Long-term storage of grain requires careful moisture control._
3. Devices such as disks and flash memory that keep computer data for a longer term than main memory, or the space they provide.
   - Simple: The space in a computer or phone that keeps your files even when it is off, or the parts that hold them.
   - _The server's storage filled up after years of backups._
   - _Solid-state storage reads data faster than older hard drives._
4. The fee charged for keeping goods in a warehouse or similar place.
   - Simple: The money you pay to have your goods kept somewhere.
   - _The invoice listed storage at fifty dollars per pallet each month._
   - _Late collection meant the importer owed several weeks of storage._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To put something into storage; to store it.

## Origin

Formed from "store" combined with the suffix "-age".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/storage (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).