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store

/stɔː/

noun

Meaning

  • A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.

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

  • A supply held in storage.

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

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

  • Memory.

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

  • A great quantity or number; abundance.

Synonyms

memory,
boutique,
shop,
stock,
supply

verb

Meaning

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

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

  • To write (something) into memory or registers.

    "This operation stores the result on the stack."