-rij, -rēj noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: store (I) + -age
1.
a. : space for storing
storage available at low rates
storage cabinet
storage room
b. : a place for storing
area, which was being used as a storage for war matériel — New York Times
granaries and other unheated crop storages — National Fire Codes
insulation requirements for fruit and vegetable storages — P.D.Close
the development of water storages in arid regions
c. : an amount stored ; especially : the total amount (as of water in a reservoir) that can be stored in a place
the dam … has a total storage of eight billion cubic feet of water — American Guide Series: Maine
2.
a. : the act of storing or state of being stored
off-street storage of automobiles
underground storage of natural gas
lake, created primarily for upstream storage — American Guide Series: Nevada
meat packaged for storage
specifically : the safekeeping of goods in a warehouse or other depository
place goods in storage
— compare cold storage
b. : the price charged for keeping goods in a storehouse
to charge storage
c. : the holding and housing of goods from the time they are produced until their sale
3. : the production by means of electric energy of chemical reactions that when allowed to reverse themselves generate electricity again without serious loss — see storage cell
4. : memory 6