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store

(stôr)

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.

tr.v. 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. Computers To copy (data) into memory or onto a storage device, such as a hard disk.

Idiom:

in store

1. Forthcoming: great trouble in store for her.

2. In reserve; stored.

[Middle English stor, supply, from Old French estor, from estorer, to build, from Latin īnstaurāre, to restore; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

stor′a·ble adj.

stor′er n.

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Translations

storable

adj goods etc → lagerfähig, Lager-

n → lagerfähige Ware

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