store
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A building where items may be buy.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
stawrIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈstɔɹ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
mainly north american
A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.
A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
A supply held in storage.
A great quantity or number; abundance.
Ellipsis of store cattle beast: a head of store cattle (feeder cattle to be sold to others for finishing).
verb
Keep or lay aside for future use
transitive
To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
transitive
To stock, to fill (a container, repository, etc.) with things.
Have the capacity and capability to contain.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- General English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.
Used this way, store is a word tied to one variety of English that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. Most speakers understand it but seldom reach for it.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Regional
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Uncommon in everyday speech
Usage note
Mainly used in American English, so it may read as unusual elsewhere.
Nearby words
- depot , a specialist term, precise but narrower
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events.
A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Informal names for American cheddar.
A private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage.
Of or concerning programs stored in the computer's own memory.
A sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price.
A shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold.
A retail store serving a sparsely populated region.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
The front side of a store facing the street.
A voltaic battery that stores electric charge.
A room in which things are stored.
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Synonyms
Sense: keep or lay aside for future use
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