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| storage area
| storage battery
| storage cell
| storage device
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun storage has 6 senses
- storage(n = noun.act) Array - the act of storing something; Array is a kind of holding, keeping, retention
- storage(n = noun.artifact) depot, entrepot, store, storehouse - a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks" is a kind of deposit, depositary, depository, repository
- storage(n = noun.act) Array - the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials; Array has particulars: cold storage, stowage, stowing, tankage
- storage(n = noun.process) Array - (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk; Array is a kind of computer operation, machine operation
- storage(n = noun.artifact) computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, store - an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached" is a part of computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
- storage(n = noun.act) repositing, reposition, warehousing - depositing in a warehouse; "they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"; "my car is in storage"; "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing" is a kind of deposit, deposition
has particulars: filing
Derived forms verb store1, verb store2
has particulars: dump, garner, granary, magazine, powder magazine, powder store, railhead, treasure house, storage warehouse, warehouse
is a kind of business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise
has particulars: fragmentation
is a kind of computer hardware, hardware, memory device, storage device
has particulars: non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage, fixed storage, read-only memory, read-only storage, rom, real storage, scratchpad, virtual memory, virtual storage, volatile storage
has parts: register
has particulars: stockpiling
CIDE DICTIONARY
storage, n.
- The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse. [1913 Webster]
- Space for the safe keeping of goods. [1913 Webster]
- The price changed for keeping goods in a store. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
storage, n.
1 a the storing of goods etc. b a particular method of storing or the space available for it.
2 the cost of storing.
3 the electronic retention of data in a computer etc.
1 a the storing of goods etc. b a particular method of storing or the space available for it.
2 the cost of storing.
3 the electronic retention of data in a computer etc.
Idiom
storage battery (or cell) a battery (or cell) for storing electricity. storage heater Brit. an electric heater accumulating heat outside peak hours for later release.
THESAURUS
storage
RAM, admission, admission fee, allocation, anchorage, archives, armory, arsenal, assignment, attic, bank, basement, bay, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, brokerage, bunker, buttery, carfare, cargo dock, cellar, cellarage, charge, charges, chest, closet, cold storage, collocation, conservation, conservatory, cover charge, crate, crib, cupboard, custody, dead storage, demand, deployment, deposit, deposition, depository, depot, disk memory, disposition, dock, dockage, drawer, drum memory, dry storage, dues, dump, emplacement, entrance fee, exaction, exactment, exchequer, fare, fee, glory hole, godown, guardianship, high-speed memory, hire, hold, hutch, lading, library, license fee, loading, localization, locating, location, locker, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, memory, memory tubes, packing, pilotage, pinpointing, placement, placing, portage, positioning, posting, preservation, putting, rack, repertory, reposition, repository, reservoir, rick, safekeeping, salvage, scot, scot and lot, shelf, shelf-room, shot, situation, spotting, stack, stack room, stationing, stock room, storage space, storage system, storage unit, store, storehouse, storeroom, stowage, supply base, supply depot, tank, tape memory, toll, towage, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, vat, vault, warehouse, warehousing, wharfage, wine cellarROGET THESAURUS
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Store
N store, stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry, spring, fount, fountain, well, wellspring, milch cow, stock in trade, supply, heap, treasure, reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche, crop, harvest, mow, vintage, store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack, lumber, relay, storehouse, storeroom, storecloset, depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory, repertorium, promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine, buttery, larder, spence, garner, granary, cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, thesaurus, bank, armory, arsenal, dock, gallery, museum, conservatory, menagery, menagerie, reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond, gasometer, budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio, coffer, conservation, storing, storage, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve, Adj, stored, in store, in reserve, in ordinary, spare, supernumerary, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.
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