store-room

The janitor organizes the cleaning supplies in the store-room.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A room used for storage: A "store-room" is a room or space specifically designated for storing goods, supplies, or items that are not immediately needed.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • We keep all the extra furniture in the store-room. (A room designated for storing surplus items.)
  • The janitor organized the cleaning supplies in the store-room. (A room used for keeping cleaning materials.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be consigned to the store-room": to be put away in storage, often implying something is no longer in active use.

  • The old textbooks were consigned to the store-room after the curriculum changed. (They were placed in storage because they were no longer needed.)

• "store-room inventory": a list of items kept in the store-room.

  • We need to update the store-room inventory before ordering new stock. (We must record what is currently stored.)

Variants and Related Words

• Store (n): a place where goods are sold; or a supply of something kept for future use.

  • The store is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (A retail shop.)
  • We have a large store of food for the winter. (A supply kept in reserve.)

• Room (n): a part of a building enclosed by walls, floor, and ceiling.

  • The house has five rooms. (Separate spaces within a building.)

Synonyms

• Storage room: a room used for keeping items in storage.
• Pantry: a small room or cupboard used for storing food (specifically for food items).
• Larder: a room or large cupboard for storing food, especially in older houses.

Phrasal Verbs

• Store away: to put something in a store-room or other storage place for future use.

  • We stored away the winter clothes in the store-room. (We put them in storage.)

• Store up: to accumulate and keep in a store-room.

  • They stored up canned goods in the store-room for emergencies. (They gathered and kept supplies.)

Related Idioms

• Out of the store-room, into the fire: a variation of "out of the frying pan, into the fire," meaning to move from a bad situation to a worse one (rarely used, but possible in figurative contexts).
  • He left the crowded office only to find the store-room was flooded — out of the store-room, into the fire. (He escaped one problem only to face a bigger one.)