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store
English
Etymology
From Middle English store, stoure, storre, from Anglo-Norman stor, estore, estorr, estoer, and Old French estour, estor, from Latin instaur?.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: stôr, IPA(key): /st??/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: stô, IPA(key): /st??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: st?r, IPA(key): /sto(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /sto?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophone: stower (in some accents)
Noun
store (plural stores)
- A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
- A supply held in storage.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, II:13:
- But there was an infinite store of mercy in those eyes, for him too a word of pardon even though he had erred and sinned and wandered.
- By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began […] , under the superintendence of the pigs.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, II:13:
- (mainly North American) A place where items may be purchased; a shop.
- 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75,
- In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.
- 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75,
- (computing, dated) Memory.
- A great quantity or number; abundance.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 37:
- I make my love engrafted to this store.
- 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
- With store of Ladies, whose bright eies / Rain influence, and judge the prise / Of Wit, or Arms, while both contend / To win her Grace, whom all commend.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 37:
Synonyms
- (supply held in storage): stock, supply
- (place from which items may be purchased): boutique, shop (UK); see also Thesaurus:retail store
- (in computing): memory
Derived terms
Related terms
- storage
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: stua
- ? Rotokas: sitoa
- ? Afrikaans: stoor
Translations
Verb
store (third-person singular simple present stores, present participle storing, simple past and past participle stored)
- (transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
- Contain.
- The cabinets store all the food the mice would like.
- Have the capacity and capability to contain.
- They sell boxes that store 24 mason jars.
- (transitive, computing) To write (something) into memory or registers.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- store at OneLook Dictionary Search
- store on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- store in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Resto, estro-, resto, roset, rotes, sorte, tores, torse
Danish
Adjective
store
- definite of stor
- plural of stor
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
store
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of storen
Anagrams
- roest, roste, stoer
French
Etymology
Latin storea (“mat”), via regional Italian stora (modern Italian stuoia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st??/
Noun
store m (plural stores)
- blind, shade (for a window)
Descendants
- ? Catalan: estor
- ? Galician: estor
- ? German: Store
- ? Portuguese: estore
Further reading
- “store” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
References
Anagrams
- resto, rotes, sorte, tores, torse
Latvian
Noun
store f (5th declension)
- sturgeon
Declension
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman stor, estour, ultimately from Latin instaurare.
Alternative forms
- stor, stoure, storre, stour, stoor, stoore
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st??r/
Noun
store (uncountable)
- supplies, provisions
- livestock, farm animals
- (stored) possessions, savings
- collection, storage
- storehouse, storeroom
- value, importance
Descendants
- English: store
- Tok Pisin: stua
- ? Rotokas: sitoa
- ? Afrikaans: stoor
- Tok Pisin: stua
- Scots: store
References
- “st?r(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Etymology 2
From Old English st?r and Old Norse stórr, from Proto-Germanic *st?raz; some forms are also influenced by Middle Dutch stuur.
Alternative forms
- stoor, stour, stur, sture, storre, stowre, stoore, stoure
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sto?r/, /stu?r/, /st??r/
Adjective
store
- strong, powerful, intense
- violent, threatening, imposing
- stern, sharp, harsh
- numerous, large in number
- large, big, great
- coarse, rough
Descendants
- English: stoor, stour (archaic)
- Scots: stour, stoure, sture, stoor, stoar
References
- “st??r(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Adverb
store
- violently, threateningly, imposingly
- sternly, sharply, harshly
References
- “st??re, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Etymology 3
From Old English st?r; possibly from a Celtic language.
Alternative forms
- stor, stoure
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sto?r/
Noun
store
- incense, frankincense, storax
References
- “st??r(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
store
- definite singular of stor
- plural of stor
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
store
- definite singular of stor
- plural of stor
Swedish
Adjective
store
- absolute definite natural masculine form of stor.
Anagrams
- orets, rotes, teros
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storecard
English
Etymology
store +? card
Noun
storecard (plural storecards)
- A credit card, offered by a retailer, that gives discounts or benefits when shopping at the retailer's stores.
- 2007, Richard Hammond, Smart Retail: How to Turn Your Store Into a Sales Phenomenon (page 133)
- Storecards earn us retailers a lot of money, and they can be very convenient for some customers. I struggle with storecards though from an ethical standpoint.
- 2007, Richard Hammond, Smart Retail: How to Turn Your Store Into a Sales Phenomenon (page 133)
Anagrams
- co-starred, costarred, creotards, redactors
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