warehousing
/wˈɛɹhˌaʊzɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives […] at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings, &c."
- "Warehousing was vital in a time when storms, poor harvests and wars made supplies unreliable."
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English ware English ware Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English warehouse English -ing English warehousing From warehouse + -ing.