ENGLISH: store - CREOLE: magazen



Overview of noun store



The noun store has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (25) shop, store -- (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod")

2. (5) store, stock, fund -- (a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars")

3. (1) memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board -- (an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached")

4. storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store -- (a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks")



Overview of verb store



The verb store has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (18) store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away -- (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")

2. (11) store -- (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")

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