warehouse
332
1.4
- noun
- /ˈwɛrhaʊs/
:
almacén
- One of these, the Anonymous Museum, opened in a Chicago warehouse in the fall of 1991.
- stored in warehouses
- distribution warehouse
- warehouse storage
He bought a giant warehouse and a nice house.
- He bought a giant warehouse and a nice house.
- Edward, have you have people looked in his warehouse for that Sphinx's nose?
- He's got like multiple warehouses, like hundreds of cars.
- It's a police supply warehouse in Kentucky.
- It's not like a huge warehouse, not small.
Examples
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The company opened a new warehouse to store its growing inventory of products.
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Used copies and other equipment were returned to a central warehouse where they were inventoried.
Academic text (1997) -
I had just signed the deal on the warehouse that we are sitting in today.
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I made as much money working in a warehouse as I do now as a teacher.
Academic text (1999) -
It's a police supply warehouse in Kentucky.
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So he found this beautiful warehouse with exposed wooden beams.
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The building is a converted warehouse purchased in the early 1980s with Saudi funds.
Academic text (1996) -
They keep them in a warehouse in New Jersey.
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There are no vast areas of railroad yards, steel mills, and warehouses in the central city.
Academic text (1993) -
All the supplies were kept in a large warehouse before being shipped to retailers.
Synonyms
339
1.0
A place where people keep things until they need them
97
1.0
A building that holds goods until people need them
62
3.3
A place where large amounts of goods are kept before being sent out
38
1.8
A room where people keep extra things not used every day
29
1.6
A room where you keep things you do not use often
26
5.9
A safe place where people keep documents or other valuable items
20
1.6
A place where you keep things in a house, box, or phone
10
3.1
A building where goods are kept for later use
9
2.8
A room in a shop or business where extra goods are kept until needed
3
2.8
A room in a shop where staff keep extra goods before they go on sale
1
2.8
A large building where a company keeps goods until they sell or use them
A large building where goods are kept, often in India or Malaysia
Compounds
How Big
332
1.4
38
1.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Warehouse comes from two simple parts: ware meaning 'goods' (as in hardware or tableware) and house meaning 'house' or 'building', so a warehouse is a 'house for goods' and today means a large building where items are kept before sale or delivery.