store

store · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (noun) A retail establishment selling items to the public.

  2. 2.

    (noun) A supply or stock of something kept for future use.

  3. 3.

    (noun) A place where goods are kept before being sold or used.

  4. 4.

    (verb) To keep or accumulate for future use.

  5. 5.

    (verb) To put in a place for preservation or safekeeping.

Forms

plural: stores

Related words

See also: shop, storage, supply
Synonyms: outlet, shop, supply, warehouse

Etymology

From Old French estor ("provisions, supplies"), from estorer ("to build, construct, furnish"), from Latin instaurāre ("to restore, renew"). The meaning shifted from "supplies" to "place where supplies are kept" to "retail establishment."