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warehouse definition

ware·house (werho̵us′; for v., usually, -ho̵uz′)

noun

  1. a building where wares, or goods, are stored, as before distribution to retailers, or are kept in reserve, in bond, etc.
  2. Chiefly Brit. a wholesale store or, esp. formerly, a large retail store

Etymology: ME: see ware & house

transitive verb warehoused -·housed′, warehousing -·hous′·ing

  1. to place or store in a warehouse
  2. to place (a child, mentally ill person, etc.) in a large, impersonal institution

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