store
♦♦ store /st'ɔːr/ (stores storing stored)
1 [N-COUNT]
A store is a building or part of a building where things are sold. In British English, store is used mainly to refer to a large shop selling a variety of goods, but in American English a store can be any size of shop.
...grocery stores.
...a record store.
2 [VERB] V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv
When you store 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 stored inside in the winter.
= keep
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
Store away means the same as store.
He simply stored the tapes away...
He's stored away nearly one ton of potatoes.
3 [VERB] V n, V n
When you store information, you keep it in your memory, in a file, or in a computer.
Where in the brain do we store information about colours?
...chips for storing data in electronic equipment.
4 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A store of things is a supply of them that you keep somewhere until you need them.
I handed over my secret store of chocolate biscuits...
5 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A store is a place where things are kept while they are not being used.
...a decision taken in 1982 to build a store for spent fuel from submarines.
...a grain store.
6 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
If you have a store of knowledge, jokes, or stories, you have a large amount of them ready to be used.
He possessed a vast store of knowledge...
7
see also chain store, cold store,
8 [PHRASE] PHR after v, v-link PHR, usu PHR for n
If something is in store for you, it is going to happen at some time in the future.
There were also surprises in store for me...
Who knows what lies in store for the President?
9 [PHRASE] V inflects, PHR n
If you set great store by something, you think that it is extremely important or necessary. (FORMAL)
...a retail group which sets great store by traditional values.chain store (chain stores)
also chain-store
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A chain store is one of several similar shops that are owned by the same person or company, especially one that sells a variety of things.cold store (cold stores)
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A cold store is a building or room which is artificially cooled so that food can be preserved in it. (BRIT)con|veni|ence store (convenience stores)
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A convenience store is a shop which sells mainly food and which is usually open until late at night.cor|ner store (corner stores)
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A corner store is the same as a corner shop. (AM)de|part|ment store (department stores)
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A department store is a large shop which sells many different kinds of goods.hard|ware store (hardware stores)
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A hardware store is a shop where articles for the house and garden such as tools, nails, and pans are sold.liq|uor store (liquor stores)
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A liquor store is a store which sells beer, wine, and other alcoholic drinks. (AM; in BRIT, use off-licence)store away
see store 2store de|tec|tive (store detectives)
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A store detective is someone who is employed by a shop to walk around the shop looking for people who are secretly stealing goods.store up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If you store something up, you keep it until you think that the time is right to use it.
Investors were storing up a lot of cash in anticipation of disaster...
1 [N-COUNT]
A store is a building or part of a building where things are sold. In British English, store is used mainly to refer to a large shop selling a variety of goods, but in American English a store can be any size of shop.
...grocery stores.
...a record store.
2 [VERB] V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv
When you store 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 stored inside in the winter.
= keep
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
Store away means the same as store.
He simply stored the tapes away...
He's stored away nearly one ton of potatoes.
3 [VERB] V n, V n
When you store information, you keep it in your memory, in a file, or in a computer.
Where in the brain do we store information about colours?
...chips for storing data in electronic equipment.
4 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A store of things is a supply of them that you keep somewhere until you need them.
I handed over my secret store of chocolate biscuits...
5 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A store is a place where things are kept while they are not being used.
...a decision taken in 1982 to build a store for spent fuel from submarines.
...a grain store.
6 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
If you have a store of knowledge, jokes, or stories, you have a large amount of them ready to be used.
He possessed a vast store of knowledge...
7
see also chain store, cold store,
8 [PHRASE] PHR after v, v-link PHR, usu PHR for n
If something is in store for you, it is going to happen at some time in the future.
There were also surprises in store for me...
Who knows what lies in store for the President?
9 [PHRASE] V inflects, PHR n
If you set great store by something, you think that it is extremely important or necessary. (FORMAL)
...a retail group which sets great store by traditional values.chain store (chain stores)
also chain-store
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A chain store is one of several similar shops that are owned by the same person or company, especially one that sells a variety of things.cold store (cold stores)
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A cold store is a building or room which is artificially cooled so that food can be preserved in it. (BRIT)con|veni|ence store (convenience stores)
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A convenience store is a shop which sells mainly food and which is usually open until late at night.cor|ner store (corner stores)
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A corner store is the same as a corner shop. (AM)de|part|ment store (department stores)
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A department store is a large shop which sells many different kinds of goods.hard|ware store (hardware stores)
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A hardware store is a shop where articles for the house and garden such as tools, nails, and pans are sold.liq|uor store (liquor stores)
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A liquor store is a store which sells beer, wine, and other alcoholic drinks. (AM; in BRIT, use off-licence)store away
see store 2store de|tec|tive (store detectives)
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A store detective is someone who is employed by a shop to walk around the shop looking for people who are secretly stealing goods.store up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If you store something up, you keep it until you think that the time is right to use it.
Investors were storing up a lot of cash in anticipation of disaster...