Warehouse Definition

wârhous
warehoused, warehouses, warehousing
noun
warehouses
A building where wares, or goods, are stored, as before distribution to retailers, or are kept in reserve, in bond, etc.
Webster's New World
A wholesale store or, esp. formerly, a large retail store.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
warehoused, warehousing
To place or store in a warehouse.
Webster's New World
To institutionalize (a person) in usually deficient housing and in conditions in which medical, educational, psychiatric, and social services are below par or absent.
American Heritage
To place (a severely disabled person, a mentally ill person, an elderly person, etc.) in a large, impersonal institution.
Webster's New World
To confine people to institutions for long-term periods.
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Other Word Forms of Warehouse

Noun

Singular:
warehouse
Plural:
warehouses

Origin of Warehouse

Warehouse Sentence Examples

  • The warehouse was empty.

  • The lanterns hanging from the warehouse ceiling were all lit.

  • We'll start by taking out what's here and the warehouse where he's storing weapons.

  • The warehouse had been divided up with hanging blankets into a maze of hallways and personal rooms.

  • There is an immense granary and a wool warehouse with capacity for 40,000 bales.

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Words Starting With

WWAWAR

Words Ending With

ESEUSE

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