storehouse
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈstɔrˌhaʊs/
- The old barn became a storehouse for tools and equipment no longer in use.
- a storehouse of knowledge
- a storehouse of information
- a storehouse of resources
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- You know, he uses the term thesaurus actually, which means something like storehouse or treasure House of ideas.
- And what we were to provide was to be the central storehouse or treasury of science and art for the use of the whole Kingdom.
- Wealth is never just the wealth that is accumulated and sits in somebody's storehouse or treasury or bank or under your mattress.
- Your brain learns and it updates its storehouse of knowledge, which we call an internal model and that you so that you can predict better next time.
Examples
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The warehouse served as a storehouse for all the supplies needed for winter.
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Dn St John's Street is the Griffith Institute, one of the greatest storehouses of Egyptological documents in the world.
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And what we were to provide was to be the central storehouse or treasury of science and art for the use of the whole Kingdom.
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But your diamonds are all going to the storehouse.
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The internet's quick rise has created the greatest storehouse of information ever seen.
Academic text (2006) -
A traditional library functions as a storehouse of printed books that sit on bookshelves.
Academic text (2015) -
Who among us would want to destroy all the storehouses of goods and knowledge we call museums?
Academic text (1993) -
Much of it is quietly deposited in the vast storehouse of physical knowledge.
Academic text (2003) -
But for the most part, a commonplace book was a private storehouse of those points of understanding that helped a thinking person move through their life.
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In return, the Empire provided security, infrastructure and sustenance with great storehouses containing necessities to be used when needed.
Synonyms
399
1.0
A place where people keep things until they need them
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4.8
A strong locked room or digital place for keeping valuable things safe
81
1.0
A small room or cupboard in a house where people keep food and dishes
80
1.0
A cabinet with shelves for storing dishes or food
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1.6
A room where you keep things you do not use often
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6.7
A place where things are kept safe for future use
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1.8
A room where people keep extra things not used every day
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5.9
A safe place where people keep documents or other valuable items
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1.0
A building that holds goods until people need them
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3.3
A place where large amounts of goods are kept before being sent out
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3.0
A small locked box in a public place for keeping personal things
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2.8
A room in a shop or business where extra goods are kept until needed
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7.7
A small room or cupboard for keeping food
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2.8
A room in a shop where staff keep extra goods before they go on sale
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2.8
A large building where a company keeps goods until they sell or use them
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9.9
A large building where goods are kept, often in India or Malaysia
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9.9
A port or warehouse that stores goods and sends them on, often without import taxes
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7.1
A place where objects are kept for use or study
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9.9
A small room in a house for keeping food and kitchen items
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Etymology
Storehouse comes from the two simple words store and house. Store means 'to keep' or a place that sells things, and house means 'building', so a storehouse is a building where goods are kept for later use.