store

Noun

• a depository for goods
  • storehouses were built close to the docks
    

• an electronic memory device
  • a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached
    

• a supply of something available for future use
  • he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
    

• a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
  • he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod
    

Verb

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  storehouse , depot , entrepot , storage , memory , computer memory , computer storage , memory board , stock , fund , shop , hive away , lay in , put in , salt away , stack away , stash away