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store noun [ stɔː ]

• a quantity or supply of something kept for use as needed.
• "the squirrel has a store of food"
Similar: supply, stock, stockpile, reserve, cache, hoard, accumulation, cumulation, quantity, pile, heap, load, fund, bank, pool, mine, wealth, deposit, reservoir, inventory, repertoire, repertory, amassment,
• a shop of any size or kind.
• "a health-food store"
• a sheep, steer, cow, or pig acquired or kept for fattening.

store verb

• keep or accumulate (something) for future use.
• "a small room used for storing furniture"
Similar: keep, keep in reserve, stow, stockpile, lay in/aside, set aside, put away, put down, put to one side, deposit, save, hoard, cache, stock up with/on, get in supplies of, collect, gather, accumulate, cumulate, amass, husband, reserve, preserve, put away for a rainy day, squirrel away, salt away, stash, put into storage, put in store, stow (away), warehouse,
Opposite: use, discard,
Origin: Middle English: shortening of Old French estore (noun), estorer (verb), from Latin instaurare ‘renew’; compare with restore.

in store

• in a safe place while not being used or displayed.
"items held in store"

set store by

• consider to be of a particular degree of importance or value.
"many people set much store by privacy"

store up

• create problems for the future by failing to address a particular situation adequately at the time.
"they're storing up trouble by denying opportunities to younger players"



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