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store

(st/oU/r )

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
shop

source: wordnet30
a supply of something available for future use(noun.possession)

Example:
He brought back a large store of Cuban cigars.

Synonym:
fund, stock

source: wordnet30
an electronic memory device(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, storage

source: wordnet30
a depository for goods(noun.artifact)

Example:
Storehouses were built close to the docks.

Synonym:
depot, entrepot, storage, storehouse

source: wordnet30
That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.(noun)

source: webster1913

keep or lay aside for future use(verb.possession)

Example:
Store grain for the winter.
The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat.

Synonym:
hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away

source: wordnet30
find a place for and put away for storage(verb.possession)

Example:
I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some.

source: wordnet30
To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away.(verb)

source: webster1913

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