WAREHOUSE

warehouse, storage warehouse

(noun) a storehouse for goods and merchandise

warehouse

(verb) store in a warehouse

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

warehouse (plural warehouses)

A place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.

Hypernyms

• house

Verb

warehouse (third-person singular simple present warehouses, present participle warehousing, simple past and past participle warehoused)

(transitive) To store in a warehouse or similar.

(transitive) To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period.

(transitive, business) To acquire and then shelve, simply to prevent competitors from acquiring it.

Anagrams

• houseware

Source: Wiktionary


Ware"house`, n.; pl. Warehouses (.

Definition: A storehouse for wares, or goods. Addison.

Ware"house`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warehoused; p. pr. & vb. n. Warehousing.]

1. To deposit or secure in a warehouse.

2. To place in the warehouse of the government or customhouse stores, to be kept until duties are paid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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