(~s, storing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a building or part of a building where things are sold. In British English, ~ is used mainly to refer to a large shop selling a variety of goods, but in American English a ~ can be any size of shop.
...grocery ~s.
...a record ~.
N-COUNT
2.
When you ~ things, you put them in a container or other place and leave them there until they are needed.
Store the cookies in an airtight tin...
Some types of garden furniture must be ~d inside in the winter.
= keep
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv
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Store away means the same as ~ .
He simply ~d the tapes away...
He’s ~d away nearly one ton of potatoes.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)
3.
When you ~ information, you keep it in your memory, in a file, or in a computer.
Where in the brain do we ~ information about colours?
...chips for storing data in electronic equipment.
VERB: V n, V n
4.
A ~ of things is a supply of them that you keep somewhere until you need them.
I handed over my secret ~ of chocolate biscuits...
N-COUNT: usu N of n
5.
A ~ is a place where things are kept while they are not being used.
...a decision taken in 1982 to build a ~ for spent fuel from submarines.
...a grain ~.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
6.
If you have a ~ of knowledge, jokes, or stories, you have a large amount of them ready to be used.
He possessed a vast ~ of knowledge...
N-COUNT: usu N of n
7.
see also chain ~ , cold ~ , department ~
8.
If something is in ~ for you, it is going to happen at some time in the future.
There were also surprises in ~ for me...
Who knows what lies in ~ for the President?
PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR, usu PHR for n
9.
If you set great ~ by something, you think that it is extremely important or necessary. (FORMAL)
...a retail group which sets great ~ by traditional values.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n