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Definitions for Stores

[1] an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
[2] a grocery: We need bread and milk from the store.
[3] a stall, room, floor, or building housing or suitable for housing a retail business.
[4] a supply or stock of something, especially one for future use.
[5] stores, supplies of food, clothing, or other requisites, as for a household, inn, or naval or military forces.
[6] Chiefly British . a storehouse or warehouse.
[7] quantity, especially great quantity; abundance, or plenty: a rich store of grain.
[8] to supply or stock with something, as for future use.
[9] to accumulate or put away, for future use (usually followed by up or away ).
[10] to deposit in a storehouse, warehouse, or other place for keeping.
[11] Computers . to put or retain (data) in a memory unit.
[12] to take in or hold supplies, goods, or articles, as for future use.
[13] to remain fresh and usable for considerable time on being stored: Flour stores well.
[14] bought from a store; commercial: a loaf of store bread.
[15] in store , in readiness or reserve. about to happen; imminent: There is a great deal of trouble in store for them if they persist in their ways.
[16] set /lay store by , to have high regard for; value; esteem: She sets great store by good character.
[17] a supply or stock of something, esp essentials, for a specific purpose the ship's stores
[18] munitions slung externally on a military aircraft airframe
[19] (tr) to keep, set aside, or accumulate for future use
[20] (tr) to place in a warehouse, depository, etc, for safekeeping
[21] (tr) to supply, provide, or stock
[22] (intr) to be put into storage
[23] computing to enter or retain (information) in a storage device
[24] an establishment for the retail sale of goods and services (in combination ) storefront
[25] a large supply or stock kept for future use (as modifier ) store ship
[26] short for department store
[27] a storage place such as a warehouse or depository (in combination ) storeman
[28] the state of being stored (esp in the phrase in store )
[29] a large amount or quantity
[30] computing , mainly British another name for memory (def. 7)
[31] Also called: store pig a pig that has not yet been weaned and weighs less than 40 kg
[32] an animal bought lean to be fattened up for market (as modifier ) store cattle
[33] in store forthcoming or imminent
[34] lay store by , put store by or set store by to value or reckon as important

Words related to Stores

tock, box, magazine, depot, bank, shop, emporium, boutique, outlet, market, supermarket, deli, showroom, drugstore, save, hoard, hide, stash, freeze, accumulate

Words nearby Stores

torage ring, storage tube, storage wall, storax, storax family, store, store and forward, store brand, store bælt, store card, store of value

Origin of Stores

1225–75; (v.) Middle English storen, aphetic variant of astoren < Old French estorer < Latin instaurāre to set up, renew, equivalent to in- in-2 + staur- (akin to Greek staurós across and to steer1) + -āre infinitive suffix; (noun) Middle English, aphetic variant of astore < Old French estore, derivative of estorer

Other words from Stores

stor·er , noun
o·ver·store , verb, o·ver·stored, o·ver·stor·ing.
sub·store , noun
well-stored , adjective

Word origin for Stores

C13: from Old French estor, from estorer to restore, from Latin instaurāre to refresh; related to Greek stauros stake

Synonyms for Stores

stock, abundance, accumulation, backlog, cache, fount, fountain, fund, hoard, inventory, lode, lot, mine, plenty, plethora, provision, quantity, reserve, reservoir, savings, spring, stockpile, treasure, wares, wealth, well, nest egg