English > store: 6 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services. |
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| Synonym | shop |
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| Parts | shopfront, storefront | The front side of a store facing the street |
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| Narrower | bakery, bakeshop, bakehouse | A workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold |
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| 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, bookstore, bookstall | A shop where books / books are sold |
| booth | A small shop at a fair |
| boutique, dress shop | A shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry |
| building supply store, building supply house | 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 / camp / 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 / provisions (usually to military personnel) |
| computer store | A store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user |
| confectionery, confectionary, candy store | A confectioner's shop |
| convenience store | A store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items |
| delicatessen, deli, food shop | A shop selling ready-to-eat food products |
| drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, pharmacy | A retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold |
| florist, florist shop, flower store | A shop where flowers / 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 |
| millinery, hat shop | shop selling women's hats |
| outfitter | A shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose |
| package store, liquor store, off-licence | A store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere |
| pawnbroker's shop, pawnshop, loan office | 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 |
| pizzeria, pizza shop, pizza parlor | A shop / shop where pizzas are made and sold |
| repair shop, fix-it shop | A shop specializing in repairs and maintenance |
| salon, beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty shop | A shop where hairdressers and beauticians work |
| shoe shop, shoe-shop, shoe store | A shop where shoes are sold |
| specialty store | A store that sells only one kind of merchandise |
| thriftshop, second-hand store | A shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices |
| tobacco shop, tobacconist shop, tobacconist | A shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes |
| toyshop | shop where toys are sold |
| Broader | mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet, outlet | A place of business for retailing goods |
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| Spanish | almacén, comercio, establecimiento, negocio, tienda |
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| Catalan | botiga, establiment, tenda |
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English > store: 6 senses > noun 3, artifact| Meaning | An electronic memory device. |
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| Synonyms | memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, memory board |
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| Part of | computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | A machine for performing calculations automatically |
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| Parts | 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 |
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| Narrower | non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage | computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off |
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| read-only memory, ROM, read-only storage, fixed storage | (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 |
| volatile storage | computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off |
| Broader | hardware, computer hardware | (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system |
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| memory device, storage device | A device that preserves information for retrieval |
| Spanish | almacenamiento computacional, almacenamiento, almacenar, almacén, memoria computacional, memoria, tarjeta de memoria |
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| Catalan | magatzem, memòria |
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English > store: 6 senses > verb 1, possession| Meaning | Keep or lay aside for future use. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Examples | - "store grain for the winter"
- "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
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| Synonyms | hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away |
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| Narrower | bin | store in bins |
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| computerize, computerise | store in a computer |
| hive | store, like bees |
| roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard | Get or gather together |
| victual | lay in provisions / provisions |
| Broader | keep, hold on | Retain possession of |
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| Spanish | acumular, almacenar, atesorar |
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| Catalan | acumular, atresorar, desar, emmagatzemar, tresorejar |
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| Nouns | storage | the act of storing something |
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| store | a supply of something available for future use |
