STORAGE

repositing, reposition, storage, warehousing

(noun) 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”

storage

(noun) the act of storing something

storage

(noun) the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials

memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board

(noun) an electronic memory device; “a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached”

storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store

(noun) a depository for goods; “storehouses were built close to the docks”

storage

(noun) (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

storage (usually uncountable, plural storages)

(uncountable) The act of storing goods; the state of being stored.

(usually, countable) An object or place in which something is stored.

(usually, uncountable, computer hardware) Any computer device, including such as a disk, on which data is stored for a longer term than memory.

(uncountable) The price charged for storing goods.

Usage notes

The plural form appears to be more common in Australian English.

Hyponyms

• (computing): cloud storage, digital storage

Verb

storage (third-person singular simple present storages, present participle storaging, simple past and past participle storaged)

To put into storage; to store.

Anagrams

• Argotes, OR gates, ergosta, garotes, orgeats, toe rags, toerags

Source: Wiktionary


Stor"age, n.

1. The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.

2. Space for the safe keeping of goods.

3. The price changed for keeping goods in a store. Storage battery. (Physics) See the Note under Battery.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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