storage

[ stawr-ij, stohr- ]

/ ˈstɔr ɪdʒ, ˈstoʊr- /

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noun

the act of storing; state or fact of being stored: All my furniture is in storage.

capacity or space for storing.

a place, as a room or building, for storing.

Computers. memory(def 11).

the price charged for storing goods.

Origin of storage

First recorded in 1605–15; store + -age

OTHER WORDS FROM storage

non·stor·age, noun pre·stor·age, noun

Words nearby storage

stops, stopt, stopwatch, stopword, storable, storage, storage battery, storage capacity, storage cell, storage device, storage disease

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Storage containers hold a treasure trove of mascara, lipstick, blush, and other makeup.

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A storage building became a ghostly concrete frame lit bright orange.

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With a rescue plan in place and a five-year, $4.9 million contract between Phoenix and the CDC, the planes went into storage.

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Skinny tie tells me that it was found in a storage locker in 2011 and auctioned for $2.1 million.

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Those vapors condense into a liquid later in the process and that “condensate” is collected in a storage area, called a sump.

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In addition, the purposes for which eggs are used are somewhat affected by their storage.

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A plant did exist, but it was nothing more than a storage warehouse at which the motor trucks unloaded their cargoes.

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It is possible to attain this same end with a storage battery plant.

Electricity for the farm |Frederick Irving Anderson
Commonly, when dining, the squirrel goes to his granary or storage place and uses this for a dining room.

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The Castle has long been used as a dep ôt for the storage of arms and ammunition.

Northumberland Yesterday and To-day |Jean F. Terry

British Dictionary definitions for storage

storage

/ (ˈstɔːrɪdʒ) /

noun

the act of storing or the state of being stored

space or area reserved for storing

a charge made for storing

computing

the act or process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape, disk, etc
(as modifier)a storage device; storage capacity

Medical definitions for storage

storage

[ stôr′ĭj ]

n.

The second of three stages in the memory process, involving mental processes associated with retention of stimuli that have been registered and modified by encoding.

Idioms and Phrases with storage

storage

see in cold storage.

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