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storage

[ stawr-ij, stohr- ]

noun

  1. the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:

    All my furniture is in storage.

  2. capacity or space for storing.
  3. a place, as a room or building, for storing.
  4. Computers. memory ( def 11 ).
  5. the price charged for storing goods.


storage

/ ˈɔːɪ /

noun

  1. the act of storing or the state of being stored
  2. space or area reserved for storing
  3. a charge made for storing
  4. computing
    1. the act or process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape, disk, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      storage capacity

      a storage device

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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDz·ٴǰa noun
  • ·ٴǰa noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of storage1

First recorded in 1605–15; store + -age
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Idioms and Phrases

see in cold storage .
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Example Sentences

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The report calls for the rapid deployment of carbon capture and storage technology, greater use of AI to make energy grids efficient and investment in small scale nuclear reactors.

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Perhaps no storage room is more hallowed in cinema than the 67-square-foot space known as the Criterion Closet.

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The Rothko painting was hanging in the museum's Depot – a publicly accessible storage facility beside the main museum – as part of an exhibition displaying a selection of "public favourites" from the gallery's collection.

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She would also like to see a service that brings people's belongings to their new home, or storage facilities so they can safely keep their possessions.

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On Sunday, the US military said weapons storage and manufacturing facilities had been among targets it had struck, but said it would not "reveal specifics" about ongoing operations.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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