"store" | Definition and Related Words

store

Noun

A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services (synset 104209460)
"he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"

is a type of: mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goods
subtypes:
- bakehouse, bakery, bakeshop - a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold
- barbershop - a shop where men can get their hair cut
- bazaar, bazar - a shop where a variety of goods are sold
- betting shop - a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track
- bodega - a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries
- bookshop, bookstall, bookstore - a shop where books are sold
- booth - a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment
- boutique, dress shop - a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry
- building supply house, building supply store - a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures
- butcher shop, meat market - a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold
- canteen - sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.
- chain store - one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise
- cleaners, dry cleaners - shop where dry cleaning is done
- clothing store, haberdashery, haberdashery store, mens store - a store where men's clothes are sold
- commissary - a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)
- computer store - a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user
- candy store, confectionary, confectionery - a confectioner's shop
- convenience store - a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items; open long hours for the convenience of customers
- deli, delicatessen, food shop - a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
- apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, drugstore, pharmacy - a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold
- florist, florist shop, flower store - a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold
- gift shop, novelty shop - a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts
- hardware store, ironmonger, ironmonger's shop - a store selling hardware
- head shop - a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users
- junk shop - a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods
- hat shop, millinery - shop selling women's hats
- outfitter - a shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose
- liquor store, off-licence, package store - a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere
- loan office, pawnbroker's shop, pawnshop - a shop where loans are made with personal property as security
- perfumery - store where perfumes are sold
- pet shop - a shop where pet animals can be purchased
- pizza parlor, pizza shop, pizzeria - a shop where pizzas are made and sold
- fix-it shop, repair shop - a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance
- beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty salon, beauty shop, salon - a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work
- shoe shop, shoe store, shoe-shop - a shop where shoes are sold
- specialty store - a store that sells only one kind of merchandise
- second-hand store, thriftshop - a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices
- tobacco shop, tobacconist, tobacconist shop - a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes
- toyshop - shop where toys are sold
has: shopfront, storefront - the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows

same as: shop
A supply of something available for future use (synset 113388243)
"he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"

is a type of: accumulation - (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
subtypes:
- base, infrastructure - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- cache, hoard, stash - a secret store of valuables or money
- provision - a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)
- government issue, issue, military issue - supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
- seed stock - a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting
same as: fund, stock
An electronic memory device (synset 103749767)
"a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
is a type of:
- computer hardware, hardware - (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
- memory device, storage device - a device that preserves information for retrieval
subtypes:
- non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage - computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off
- fixed storage, read-only memory, read-only storage, rom - (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
- real storage - the main memory in a virtual memory system
- scratchpad - (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information
- virtual memory, virtual storage - (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses
- volatile storage - computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off
has: register - (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind

is a part of: computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically

same as: computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, storage
A depository for goods (synset 104336328)
"storehouses were built close to the docks"

is a type of: deposit, depositary, depository, repository - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
subtypes:
- dump - a place where supplies can be stored
- garner, granary - a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
- magazine, powder magazine, powder store - a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
- railhead - a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
- treasure house - a storehouse for treasures
- storage warehouse, warehouse - a storehouse for goods and merchandise
same as: depot, entrepot, storage, storehouse

Verb

Keep or lay aside for future use (synset 202285938)
"store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"

is a type of: hold on, keep - retain possession of
subtypes:
- bin - store in bins
- computerise, computerize - store in a computer
- victual - lay in provisions
- accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up - get or gather together
- hive - store, like bees
same as: hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away
Find a place for and put away for storage (synset 202287351)
"where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some"

is a type of: hold on, keep - retain possession of
subtypes:
- garner - store grain
- keep - store or keep customarily
- mothball - put into long-term storage
- reposit - put (something) in a place for storage
- wharf - store on a wharf
- tank - store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
- loft - store in a loft
- warehouse - store in a warehouse
- garage - keep or store in a garage
- bottle - store (liquids or gases) in bottles
- ensile - store in a silo

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