Store

noun

/stɔː/

Word Frequency: 37.0

Definitions

1.nounA place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.

"This building used to be a store for old tires."

2.nounA supply held in storage.

3.noun(mainly North American) A place where items may be purchased; a shop.

"I need to get some milk from the grocery store."

4.nounMemory.

"The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time."

5.nounA great quantity or number; abundance.

6.verbTo keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.

"I'll store these books in the attic."

7.verbTo write (something) into memory or registers.

"This operation stores the result on the stack."

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