1. A place where merchandise is offered for sale; a shop. 2. A stock or supply reserved for future use: a squirrel's store of acorns.3.stores Supplies, especially of food, clothing, or arms. 4. A place where commodities are kept; a warehouse or storehouse. 5. A great quantity or number; an abundance.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: stored, stor·ing, stores 1. To reserve or put away for future use. 2. To fill, supply, or stock. 3. To deposit or receive in a storehouse or warehouse for safekeeping. 4.Computer Science To copy (data) into memory or onto a storage device, such as a hard disk.
IDIOM:
in store1. Forthcoming: great trouble in store for her.2. In reserve; stored.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English stor, supply, from Old French estor, from estorer, to build, from Latin nstaurre, to restore. See st- in Appendix I.
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a·ble —ADJECTIVE
