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Stores

/stɔːz/

A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.

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📖 Definitions of "Stores"

noun

1
A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
"This building used to be a store for old tires."
2
A supply held in storage.
3
(mainly North American) A place where items may be purchased; a shop.
"I need to get some milk from the grocery store."
4
Memory.
"The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time."

verb

1
To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
"I'll store these books in the attic."
2
To write (something) into memory or registers.
"This operation stores the result on the stack."

🔄 Synonyms of "Stores"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
provisionsnoun	a stock or supply of foods
suppliesnoun	(chiefly law) Financial resources supplied, often for a particular purpose.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Stores"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
provisionsnoun	a stock or supply of foods
suppliesnoun	(chiefly law) Financial resources supplied, often for a particular purpose.
acquisitionsnoun	The act or process of acquiring.
allowancesnoun	An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
arcadesnoun	Synonym of amusement arcade.
archivenoun	A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
arsenalsnoun	A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.
articlesnoun	(law) the period during which a person works as an articled clerk; articling
awningsnoun	A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
blindnoun	A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
blindsnoun	A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
boardnoun	A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
booksellersnoun	A person engaged in the business of selling books.
bookshopsnoun	A shop that sells books.
bookstoresnoun	A store where books are bought and sold.
bordnoun	(mining) The coalface parallel to the natural fissures.
boutiquesnoun	A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
branchesnoun	The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
briefsnoun	(usually in the plural) A very short, close-fitting type of underpants.
buffersnoun	(computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.