# store

Pronunciation: US say "STOR" /stɔɹ/; UK say "STAW" /stɔː/

## Noun

1. A place of business where goods are sold to the public. *(North American)*
   - Simple: A place where you can go to buy things.
   - _She runs a small store that sells handmade jewelry._
   - _Several stores in the mall closed during the recession._
4. A supply or quantity of something, often a large one, especially one kept for future use.
   - Simple: An amount of something kept to use later, or a large amount of something, such as knowledge.
   - _The squirrel built up a large store of nuts before winter._
   - _Hospitals keep stores of blood ready for emergencies._
6. A place where items are gathered together or kept on a regular basis.
   - Simple: A place where things are kept or piled up.
   - _The ship's store held provisions for the long voyage._
   - _Grain was kept in the village store until market day._

## Verb

2. To keep something in a particular place while it is not being used.
   - Simple: To put something in a safe place and keep it there until you need it.
   - _Farmers store grain in large silos to protect it from moisture._
   - _He stored the documents in a fireproof safe._
3. To write information into a computer's memory or registers.
   - Simple: To save information on a computer or device.
   - _The program stores each result in a temporary variable._
   - _Computers store data as patterns of ones and zeros._
5. To hold or contain something within, or to have the capacity to hold it.
   - Simple: To hold or keep something inside, or to have enough space to hold it.
   - _Plant cells store sugars produced during photosynthesis._
   - _The reservoir stores water for the entire city._

## Verb

7. To fill a container or space with a supply of things. *(dated)*
   - Simple: To fill a place or container with a supply of things.

## Noun

8. A computer's memory; the hardware that holds data and instructions. *(dated)*
   - Simple: The part of a computer that holds data, now usually called memory.

## Other meanings

- (noun) A young farm animal, such as a bullock, lamb or pig, kept for fattening before slaughter, often sold on to another farmer to be finished.

## Origin

Latin īnstaurāre is the ultimate source. It passed into Anglo-Norman as stor and into Old French as estor, and English borrowed it as Middle English store.

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