Store meaning

What does “store” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“store” is a noun and verb with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services.

store

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
“he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod”
Synonymsshop
a supply of something available for future use
“he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars”
Synonymsstock fund
an electronic memory device
“a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached”
Synonymsmemory computer memory storage computer storage memory board
a depository for goods
“storehouses were built close to the docks”
Synonymsstorehouse depot entrepot storage

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”
Synonymshive away lay in put in salt away stack away stash away
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”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University