English Online Dictionary. What means storage? What does storage mean?
English
Etymology
From store + -age.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɔː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈstɔɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈstoː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪdʒ
- Hyphenation: stor‧age
Noun
storage (usually uncountable, plural storages)
- (uncountable) The act of storing goods; the state of being stored.
- (usually countable) An object or place in which something is stored.
- 2011 (2008), Wan Renpu, Petroleum Industry Press (translator), Advanced Well Completion Engineering, page 115,
- Underground natural gas storages are underground facilities for storing natural gas. At present, there are three types of underground natural gas storages worldwide, which include depleted oil and gas reservoir gas storages, salt-cave gas storages and aquifer storages.
- 2012, A. Grinham, B. Gibbes, D. Gale, M. Watkinson, M. Bartow (University of Queensland), Extreme rainfall and drinking water quality: a regional perspective, C. A. Brebbia, Water Pollution XI, page 187,
- Low impact storages included the northern and southern region′s Cooloolabin Dam, Baroon Pocket Dam, Leslie Harrison Dam, Hinze Dam and Little Nerang Dam. Highly impacted storages included central region′s Wivenhoe Dam, Somerset Dam and North Pine Dam (Fig. 2), where TSS concentrations in these central storages where[sic] more than double compared to northern and southern storages (Fig. 2A).
- (usually uncountable, computer hardware) Any computer device, including such as a disk, on which data is stored for a longer term than main memory.
- (uncountable) The price charged for storing goods.
Usage notes
- The plural form appears to be more common in Australian English.
Hyponyms
- (computing): cloud storage, digital storage
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
storage (third-person singular simple present storages, present participle storaging, simple past and past participle storaged)
- To put into storage; to store.
Anagrams
- toerags, garotes, toe rags, Goaters, ergosta, tagsore, orgeats, OR gates, toe-rags, Argotes