Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
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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