Meaning of warehouse | Babel Free

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1. A place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer
2. A place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.
3. To store in a warehouse or similar
4. A place where something is deposited for safekeeping:archive, depository, magazine, repository, store, storehouse.
5. To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period
6. manufactured articles (made of a particular material). silverware/glassware. ware أدوات مَصْنوعَه من مادَّةٍ مُعَيَّنَه изделия mercadoria de (prata, etc.) výrobky die ...-ware -tøj; -varer είδη artículos de (plata/cristal) -esemed -ظروف esineet articles de/en מוּצָרֵי- माल roba -áru barang hlutur/vara úr oggetti di/in (...) －製品 상품 gaminiai izstrādājumi; preces barang-barang keluaran -werk -varer, –tøy, –gods artykuły... objectos de (prata, etc.) arti­­cole de/din материала) tovar blago narej...
7. To acquire and then shelve, simply to prevent competitors from acquiring it
8. articles for sale. a tradesman selling his wares. ware أدوات، آنِيَه стоки mercadorias zboží die Waren (pl.) varer πραμάτειαmercancías kaubad, tooted كالاهاي فروشي tuotteet marchandisesסחורה सौदा roba áru barang dagangan söluvara articoli 商品 상품 prekės preces barang dagangan waarvarer, gods, kramtowarymercadorias mărfuri товары tovar blago pijačna roba varor สินค้า eşya, mal 商品 товар, вироби مال تجارت món hàng 商品
9. a building in which goods are stored. a furniture warehouse. pakhuis مَخْزَن بَضائِع، مُسْتَوْدَع склад armazém sklad das Lagerhaus lager; -lager απ����θήκη almacén, depósito ladu فروشگاه varasto entrepôtמחסן गोदाम robna kuća raktár gudang vörugeymsla/-hús magazzino, deposito 倉庫 창고 (prekių) sandėlis (preču) noliktava gudang pakhuislagermagazyn depósito de mercadorias depozit (de mărfuri/de materiale) склад sklad skladišče skladište magasin, lagerlokal โกดังเก็บสินค้า depo, ambar 倉庫 товарний с...
10. A place in which goods or merchandise are stored; a storehouse.
11. A large, usually wholesale shop.
12. To place or store in a warehouse, especially in a bonded or government warehouse.
13. To institutionalize (a person) in usually deficient housing and in conditions in which medical, educational, psychiatric, and social services are below par or absent: "has felt forced to warehouse hundreds of children in temporary shelters" (Justine Wise Polier).
14. (Commerce) a place where goods are stored prior to their use, distribution, or sale
15. (Commerce) See bonded warehouse

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“Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.”

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