store

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English

Etymology

From Middle English store, stoure, storre, from Anglo-Norman stor, estore, estorr, estoer, and Old French estour, estor, from Latin īnstaurō.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: stôr, IPA^(key): /stoɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: stô, IPA^(key): /stɔː/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: stōr, IPA^(key): /sto(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /stoə/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophone: stower (in some accents)

Noun

store (plural stores)

1. A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
2. A supply held in storage.
3. (mainly North American) A place where items may be purchased; a shop.
4. (computing, dated) Memory.

6. A great quantity or number; abundance.
7. A head of store cattle (feeder cattle to be sold to others for finishing); a store cattle beast.

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

Translations

Verb

store (third-person singular simple present stores, present participle storing, simple past and past participle stored)

1. (transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.

   Coordinate terms: lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put aside, put away, put by, save, store away, store up
2. To contain.

3. Have the capacity and capability to contain.

4. (transitive, computing) To write (something) into memory or registers.

5. (transitive) To stock, to fill (a container, repository, etc.) with things.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “store”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• store on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Store in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• torse, resto, tores, toers, estro-, roset, Soter, Resto, sorte, rotes, estro, Oster

Danish

Adjective

store

1. definite of stor
2. plural of stor

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

store

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of storen

Anagrams

• roest, roste, stoer

French

Etymology

From Latin storea (“mat”), via regional Italian stora (modern Italian stuoia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɔʁ/

Noun

store m (plural stores)

1. blind, shade (for a window)

Descendants

• → Catalan: estor
• → Galician: estor
• → German: Store
• → Portuguese: estore
• → Bulgarian: щора (štora)

References

Further reading

• “store”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• resto, rotes, sorte, tores, torse

Latvian

Noun

store f (5th declension)

1. sturgeon

Declension

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman stor, estour, ultimately from Latin instaurare. Compare warnestore.

Alternative forms

• stor, stoure, storre, stour, stoor, stoore

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɔːr/

Noun

store (uncountable)

2. supplies, provisions
3. livestock, farm animals
4. (stored) possessions, savings
5. collection, storage
6. storehouse, storeroom
7. value, importance

Descendants

• English: store
• Scots: store
• → Welsh: stôr

References

• “stōr(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Etymology 2

From Old English stōr and Old Norse stórr, from Proto-Germanic *stōraz; some forms are also influenced by Middle Dutch stuur.

Alternative forms

• stoor, stour, stur, sture, storre, stowre, stoore, stoure

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stoːr/, /stuːr/, /stɔːr/

Adjective

store

2. strong, powerful, intense
3. violent, threatening, imposing
4. stern, sharp, harsh
5. numerous, large in number
6. large, big, great
7. coarse, rough

Descendants

• English: stoor, stour (archaic)
• Scots: stour, stoure, sture, stoor, stoar

References

• “stọ̄r(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Adverb

store

1. violently, threateningly, imposingly
2. sternly, sharply, harshly

References

• “stọ̄re, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Etymology 3

From Old English stōr; possibly from a Celtic language.

Alternative forms

• stor, stoure

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stoːr/

Noun

store

2. incense, frankincense, storax

References

• “stọ̄r(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

store

1. definite singular of stor
2. plural of stor

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

store

1. definite singular of stor
2. plural of stor

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

store

1. definite natural masculine singular of stor

Anagrams

• orets, rotes, teros