Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dark store

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables: dark- -s-tore
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A distribution center, usually a large warehouse, not open to the public, containing the physical goods sold by the online operations of a supermarket or other retail outlet.

Example Sentences

""Food online is growing really well for us," said Towle adding it would need "tens" rather than "hundreds" of dark stores as it will also continue to pick orders from normal supermarkets."
"In Battersea, in southwest London, Vito Parrinello, a manager of several dark stores who until recently managed Italian restaurants, is determined that the delivery riders not disturb their new neighbors."

Etymology

From dark (“not open to the public”) + store. The modifier dark refers to the fact that a dark store is not open to the public and is so to speak an invisible part of the retailer’s operation, not to a presumed lack of light in the building.

Inflected Forms

dark stores (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dark kitchen

Questions

What does dark store mean?: A distribution center, usually a large warehouse, not open to the public, containing the physical goods sold by the online operations of a supermarket or other retail outlet.
Where does dark store come from?: From dark (“not open to the public”) + store. The modifier dark refers to the fact that a dark store is not open to the public and is so to speak an invisible part of the retailer’s operation, not to a presumed lack of light in the building.

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