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Words people most associate with “store”:

  1. shop,
  2. buy,
  3. grocery,
  4. front,
  5. bought

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Noun (4 meanings)

1. a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services.

shop, store

Example:
  • “he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod”
store is a type of:
types of store:
  • bakery, bakeshop, bakehouse (noun) - a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold
  • barbershop (noun) - a shop where men can get their hair cut
  • bazaar, bazar (noun) - a shop where a variety of goods are sold
  • betting shop (noun) - a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track
  • bodega (noun) - a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries
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2. a supply of something available for future use.

store, stock, fund

Example:
  • “he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars”
store is a type of:
  • accumulation (noun) - (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
types of store:
  • hoard, cache, stash (noun) - a secret store of valuables or money
  • infrastructure, base (noun) - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
  • issue, military issue, government issue (noun) - supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
  • provision (noun) - a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)
  • seed stock (noun) - a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting
store is derivationally related to:
  • to stock, carry, stockpile (verb) - have on hand
  • to stock (verb) - provide or furnish with a stock of something
  • to stock, buy in, stock up (verb) - amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
  • to stock (verb) - supply with fish
  • stocker (noun) - a domestic animal (especially a young steer or heifer) kept as stock until fattened or matured and suitable for a breeding establishment

3. an electronic memory device.

memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board

Example:
  • “a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached”
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  • volatile storage (noun) - computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off
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parts of store:
  • register (noun) - (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind

4. a depository for goods.

storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store

Example:
  • “storehouses were built close to the docks”
store is a type of:
types of store:
  • dump (noun) - a place where supplies can be stored
  • granary, garner (noun) - a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
  • magazine, powder store, powder magazine (noun) - a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
  • railhead (noun) - a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
  • treasure house (noun) - a storehouse for treasures
store is derivationally related to:
  • to store (verb) - find a place for and put away for storage

Verb (2 meanings)

1. keep or lay aside for future use.

to store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away

Examples:
  • “store grain for the winter”,
  • “The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat”
to store is a way to:
ways to store:
to store is derivationally related to:
  • storage (noun) - the act of storing something
  • store, stock, fund (noun) - a supply of something available for future use

2. find a place for and put away for storage.

to store

Examples:
  • “where should we stow the vegetables?”,
  • “I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some”
to store is a way to:
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  • to bottle (verb) - store (liquids or gases) in bottles
  • to ensile (verb) - store in a silo
  • to garage (verb) - keep or store in a garage
  • to garner (verb) - store grain
  • to keep (verb) - store or keep customarily
  • to loft (verb) - store in a loft
  • to mothball (verb) - put into long-term storage
  • to reposit (verb) - put (something) in a place for storage
  • to tank (verb) - store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
  • to warehouse (verb) - store in a warehouse
  • to wharf (verb) - store on a wharf
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