English Online Dictionary. What means warehouse? What does warehouse mean?
English
Etymology
From ware + house.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/
Noun
warehouse (plural warehouses)
- A place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.
Hypernyms
- house
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
warehouse (third-person singular simple present warehouses, present participle warehousing, simple past and past participle warehoused)
- (transitive) To store in a warehouse or similar.
- (transitive) To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period.
- (transitive, business) To acquire and then shelve, simply to prevent competitors from acquiring it.
Translations
Anagrams
- houseware, housewear