Store - Definition
store
n 1: a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or
services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" [syn:
shop, store]
2: a supply of something available for future use; "he brought
back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: store, stock,
fund]
3: an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the
central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
[syn: memory, computer memory, storage, computer
storage, store, memory board]
4: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the
docks" [syn: storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage,
store]
v 1: keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the
winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation
when he doesn't eat" [syn: store, hive away, lay in,
put in, salt away, stack away, stash away]
2: find a place for and put away for storage; "where should we
stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the
attic so I sold some"