store
/stɔɹ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.02 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
noun
Ellipsis of store cattle beast: a head of store cattle (feeder cattle to be sold to others for finishing).
verb
To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
Transitive verb
verb
To contain.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: storeroom, stockroom, warehouse, magazine (archaic)"
- "This building used to be a store for old tires."
- "And his subjects wrung all they could wring Out of temple and palace and store."
- "Near-synonyms: stock, supply; cache, stash"
- "They keep a store of canned goods in their basement."
- "They could eat from their stores for a month or two if need be."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *steh₂u-ro- Proto-Italic *stauros Latin *staurō Latin īnstaurō Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin īnstaurāreder. Anglo-Norman storbor. Middle English store English store Inherited from Middle English store, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stor, from Latin īnstaurāre, from īnstaurō + -āre.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /stɔɹ/
- British English: /stɔː/
Usage
Inflected Forms
stores (plural)
stores (present, singular)
storing (participle, present)
stored (participle, past)
stored (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
stored (first person, past)
storest (archaic, present)
stored (past, second person)
storedst (archaic, past)
storeth (archaic, present)