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Meaning of store | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR A2 Frequent
stɔː

Definitions

  1. A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept
  2. tent
  3. A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
  4. A supply held in storage
  5. shop, store
  6. the act of storing or state of being stored. We've put our furniture into storage at a warehouse; The meat will have to be kept in cold storage (= stored under refrigeration). berging خَزْن съхранение armazenamento uskladnění die Lagerung opbevaring αποθήκευσηalmacenamiento hoid, säilitus ذخيره سازي varastointi entreposageאחסון संग्रहण, संचयन, गोदाम, भंडार, गोदाम-भाड़ा pohrana, uskladištenje (be)raktározás penyimpanan geymsla deposito 貯蔵 저장, 보관 laikymas, saugojimas uzglabāšana simpanan opslag...
  7. A supply held in storage.
  8. A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased
  9. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  10. a place or room where goods etc are stored. There is a storeroom behind the shop. pakkamer مَخْزَن، مُسْتَوْدَع، عَنْبَر хранилище armazém skladiště das Lagerhaus, der Vorratsraum lager αποθήκηalmacén, depósito laohoone, laoruum انباري varasto entrepôtמחסן माल गोदाम skladište, spremište raktár gudang vörugeymsla magazzino, deposito 倉庫 창고, 자장소 sandėlis noliktava rumah stor opslagplaatslager, magasinmagazyn يوګنځى (ګدام، مخزن)، تحويلخانه، كوټ، مغاز armazém depozit склад; кладовая, амбар sklad s...
    etc
  11. A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.
    North-American, mainly
  12. Memory
  13. third-person singular imperative
  14. to value highly (eg a person's approval etc). hoog skat يُقَدِّرُ تَقْديرا عالِيا ценя dar valor a přikládat velkou váhu Wert legen auf sætte pris på αποδίδω μεγάλη σημασία σε valorar algo mucho kõrgelt hindama مغتنم شمردن arvostaa faire grand cas de לְהַעֲרִיך בִּמיוּחָד महत्व देना cijeniti što, pridavati vrijednost čemu nagyra értékel vmit menghargai leggja (mikið) upp úr, meta (tenere in gran conto) ~を重んじる 존중하다, 중시하다 labai vertinti, skirti ypatingą reikšmę augstu vērtēt sangat menghargai v...
    eg
  15. Memory.
    dated
  16. A great quantity or number; abundance
  17. A great quantity or number; abundance.
  18. to collect and keep (for future need). I don't know why she stores up all those old magazines. berg يَخْزِن، يَحْتَفِظ بِ запасявам (се) с acumular uchovávat lagern gemme συσσωρεύωacumular, almacenar tallele panema نگهداري كردن säilyttää conserver לֶאֱגוֹר जमा करना spremati, nagomilati tárol/elraktároz vmit menyimpan varðveita, geyma conservare 貯え込む 비축하다 kaupti, rinkti, laikyti []krāt mengumpul dan menyimpan verzamelenlagre, samle på magazynować ساتل acumular накапливать odkladať hraniti čuva...
  19. Ellipsis of store cattle beast: a head of store cattle (feeder cattle to be sold to others for finishing).
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  20. A place where merchandise is offered for sale; a shop.
  21. A stock or supply reserved for future use: a squirrel's store of acorns.
  22. stores Supplies, especially of food, clothing, or arms.
  23. A place where commodities are kept; a warehouse or storehouse.
  24. A great quantity or number; an abundance.
  25. To reserve or put away for future use.

Equivalents

العربية المخزن خزن
Беларуская склад схо́вішча
Català emmagatzemar
Čeština sklad
Dansk beholde lagre
Eesti ladu
فارسی ذخیره
Gaeilge coinnigh
Gàidhlig stòir
हिन्दी कोश
Magyar tárol
Հայերեն պահեստ
日本語 倉庫 備蓄する 蓄える 貯める
Latina condō
Latviešu noliktava
Te Reo Māori roki
Монгол нөөц нөөцлөх
Português armazenar depósito estoque guardar
Română depozit depozita magazie stoc
Српски depozit sklad склад
Svenska förvara lager lägra spara

Examples

“Near-synonyms: storeroom, stockroom, warehouse, magazine (archaic)”
“This building used to be a store for old tires.”
“And his subjects wrung all they could wring Out of temple and palace and store.”
“Near-synonyms: stock, supply; cache, stash”
“They keep a store of canned goods in their basement.”
“They could eat from their stores for a month or two if need be.”
“But there was an infinite store of mercy in those eyes, for him too a word of pardon even though he had erred and sinned and wandered.”
“By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began[…], under the superintendence of the pigs.”
“What surprised us all was how Will's lighthearted nature and constant store of good humor won over one of the great heiresses of King Henry's court, Anne Bourchier.”
“Dad went to the store to get milk and bread.”
“There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].””
“In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.”
“The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time.”
“I make my love engrafted to this store.”
“With store of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while both contend To win her Grace, whom all commend.”
“heifers and stores”
“She saw that there were cattle grazing on two of the fields between her and the river. Whether they were the fields next to the bank she could not be sure, because she could not see the river itself, but from the distance and the fences she thought they must be. If they were a milking herd, it meant that twice a day someone would have to come from Calton and call them in and count heads and open gates for them, but she could not see from here if they were. At this time of the year the heifers and stores looked grown beasts at this distance. There was no one with them now.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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