storage area
13
2.0
- noun
- Before departure, the captain checked that all cargo was secured in the storage area.
- a temporary storage area
- a chemical storage area
- an outside storage area
Examples
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The crew stored supplies in the storage area below deck to keep the ship organized.
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We found extra life vests in the storage area beneath the main deck of the boat.
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A covered yard to the rear served as a kitchen and storage area.
Fiction book (1990) -
Hugh made it to the storage area.
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Again, we're trapped inside the storage area somewhere on the first floor.
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Everyone needs to get down to the underground storage area immediately!
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Lock the chemical storage areas and limit access to authorized personnel.
Academic text (2004) -
We'll need access to your breaker panels and your hazardous materials storage area.
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The long-term storage area is an outside pad and has a capacity of at least 180 days.
Academic text (1998) -
We pushed aside a thin fiberglass door and entered a storage area behind the vat room.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
399
1.0
A place where people keep things until they need them
201
4.3
A section inside a vehicle, ship, or building used for a special purpose
153
3.3
A small separate space inside a bigger thing where you keep things
123
4.6
A space where people or things are kept
33
1.6
A room where you keep things you do not use often
30
1.8
A room where people keep extra things not used every day
25
1.6
A place where you keep things in a house, box, or phone
18
3.9
A space on a ship or plane that contains goods during transport
15
3.0
A small locked box in a public place for keeping personal things
6
3.6
Part of a ship, plane, or vehicle where goods are stored
2
3.1
A space in a car where you put suitcases and bags
1
2.8
A large building where a company keeps goods until they sell or use them
1
7.7
A space on a ship or vehicle for keeping supplies
1
3.7
A floor on a ship or plane where people put goods
1
9.7
A storage space near the front of a ship for cargo
1
8.2
A large storage compartment under cockpit seats on a boat for storing things like life jackets
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a space used for storing cargo' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'storage' (a place for holding items) with 'area' (a part of a place). This noun + noun compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Storage area comes from a simple, literal idea: storage means keeping things and area means a part of a ship or plane where crates and bags are put. So, storage area now means 'a space in a ship or aircraft used for storing cargo'.