Storage Meaning
/ˈstɔː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of storing goods; the state of being stored.
nounAn object or place in which something is stored.
Sentence Examples
Please ask the secretary to stock the office supplies in the storage room.
They said storage costs were too high.
Tables that fold flat for storage
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
We transferred the old documents to ____ to avoid losing them.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We put all our winter clothes into ____ during the summer to make more space in our small closets.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English store Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English storage From store + -age.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Melbourne's water storages plunged by 0.7 per cent in a week, down to 33.1 per cent capacity, as Victoria recorded its second-driest January on record."
— 2009 February 1, Staff writers, “Fires rage as business counts cost”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2009:
"Secondary storages are used to store system programs (viz; operating system, assembler, interpreter, compiler and so on), data files, software packages and so on."
— 2007, Ramesh Bangia, Computer Fundamentals and Information Technology, India: Firewall Media, page 43:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
We transferred the old documents to ____ to avoid losing them.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We put all our winter clothes into ____ during the summer to make more space in our small closets.