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warehouse Definition

ware·house (wer′ho̵us′; 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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warehouse Synonyms

warehouse

n.

wholesale establishment, storehouse, stockroom, storage place, distributing center, repository, depot, shed, entrepôt, stockpile, depository, bin, elevator, storage loft; see also barn.

warehouse Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • renovate: Back clones are renovated warehouse that who came second.
  • bond: Taxes at any level could be levied on the tobacco sold out of the bonded warehouses.
  • convert: An adjacent block has been sold to a property company which is converting a former warehouse into over 150 flats called Ocean Apartments.
  • refurbish: THE DRAWING ROOM is located in an attractive refurbished warehouse in Hackney, East London, which opened to the public in May 2003.
  • abandon: I continue my walk past elegant townhouses overlooking piers that fade into warehouses long abandoned and reborn.
  • centralize: It then distributes these directly to the IBOs through a centralized warehouse in Venlo, Netherlands.

Adjective modifier

  • converted: In October 2003, he and his wife opened the Jacmel Art Center in a converted coffee warehouse on the seafront.
  • disused: Open for just over a year it occupies a disused warehouse in one of London's poorest boroughs, Hackney.
  • sq: The site comprises Banque Magnetique's 50,000 sq ft warehouse and 20,000 sq ft office complex together with adjoining land.
  • derelict: The resource is being created from the refurbishment of a derelict warehouse in a shopping area in Barrhead.
  • excise: An excise warehouse to which these Regulations apply is to be known as an " export shop " .
  • Victorian: Or you could explore the Millgate Museum, housed in a Victorian warehouse on the banks of the River Trent.

Modifies a noun

  • operative: The former Tesco warehouse operative was appointed in July 2003.

Noun used with modifier

  • Carphone: In order to make a claim, please visit your local Carphone Warehouse store who will be able to help you make a claim.
  • ft: All orders are shipped from our state of the art 76,000 sq ft warehouse facility in Greenock.
  • data: SQL Queries run on the " data warehouse " can be used to some extent to support population care.
  • transshipment: The restored Wool Road transshipment warehouse below Wool Road Bridge No 70.
  • riverside: It was later occupied by the Trent Navigation Company as a riverside warehouse.
  • dunnage: The majority of the warehouses at The Balvenie Distillery are traditional dunnage warehouses.