store

CEFRA1

/stɔː/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A place where goods are sold.

  2. 02

    verb

    To keep something in a particular place for later use.

Examples

  • Please tell us where there is a grocery store.

  • We do not have adequate space to store these documents.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /sto(ː)ɹ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.

  2. A supply held in storage.

  3. A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.

More examples

In context

  • You will find this in a hardware store.

  • This building used to be a store for old tires.

  • Near-synonyms: stock, supply; cache, stash

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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