1.  store(n = noun.artifact) shop - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"
is a kind of mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet
has parts: shopfront, storefront
has particulars: bakehouse, bakery, bakeshop, barbershop, bazaar, bazar, betting shop, bodega, bookshop, bookstall, bookstore, booth, boutique, dress shop, building supply house, building supply store, butcher shop, meat market, canteen, chain store, cleaners, dry cleaners, clothing store, haberdashery, haberdashery store, mens store, commissary, computer store, candy store, confectionary, confectionery, convenience store, deli, delicatessen, food shop, apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, drugstore, pharmacy, florist, florist shop, flower store, gift shop, novelty shop, hardware store, ironmonger, ironmonger's shop, head shop, junk shop, hat shop, millinery, outfitter, liquor store, off-licence, package store, loan office, pawnbroker's shop, pawnshop, perfumery, pet shop, pizza parlor, pizza shop, pizzeria, fix-it shop, repair shop, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty salon, beauty shop, salon, shoe-shop, shoe shop, shoe store, specialty store, second-hand store, thriftshop, tobacco shop, tobacconist, tobacconist shop, toyshop

2.  store(n = noun.possession) fund, stock - a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
is a kind of accumulation
has particulars: base, infrastructure, cache, hoard, stash, provision, government issue, issue, military issue, seed stock
Derived form verb store₁

3.  store(n = noun.artifact) computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, storage - an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
is a kind of computer hardware, hardware, memory device, storage device
is a part of computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
has parts: register
has particulars: non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage, fixed storage, read-only memory, read-only storage, rom, real storage, scratchpad, virtual memory, virtual storage, volatile storage

4.  store(n = noun.artifact) depot, entrepot, storage, storehouse - a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"
is a kind of deposit, depositary, depository, repository
has particulars: dump, garner, granary, magazine, powder magazine, powder store, railhead, treasure house, storage warehouse, warehouse
Derived form verb store₂

1.  store(v = verb.possession) hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
is one way to hold on, keep
Derived forms noun storage₁, noun store₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  store(v = verb.possession) Array - find a place for and put away for storage; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some"
is one way to hold on, keep
Derived forms noun storage₁, noun store₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number. [1913 Webster]
"The ships are fraught with store of victuals." [1913 Webster]
"With store of ladies, whose bright eyes
Rain influence, and give the prize." [1913 Webster]

2.  A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine. [1913 Webster]

3.  Any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or retail; a shop. [1913 Webster]

4.  Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family. [1913 Webster]
"His swine, his horse, his stoor, and his poultry." [1913 Webster]
"In his needy shop a tortoise hung,
An alligator stuffed, and other skins
Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves
A beggarly account of empty boxes." [1913 Webster]
"Sulphurous and nitrous foam, . . .
Concocted and adjusted, they reduced
To blackest grain, and into store conveyed." [1913 Webster]

   Accumulated; hoarded. Bacon. [1913 Webster]

1.  To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away. [1913 Webster]
"Dora stored what little she could save." [1913 Webster]

2.  To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time. [1913 Webster]
"Her mind with thousand virtues stored." [1913 Webster]
"Wise Plato said the world with men was stored." [1913 Webster]
"Having stored a pond of four acres with carps, tench, and other fish." [1913 Webster]

3.  To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods. [1913 Webster]

store, n. & v.
--n.
1 a quantity of something kept available for use (a store of wine; a store of wit).
2 (in pl.) a articles for a particular purpose accumulated for use (naval stores). b a supply of these or the place where they are kept.
3 a = department store. b esp. US any retail outlet or shop. c (often in pl.) a shop selling basic necessities (general stores).
4 a warehouse for the temporary keeping of furniture etc.
5 a device in a computer for storing retrievable data; a memory.
--v.tr.
1 put (furniture etc.) in store.
2 (often foll. by up, away) accumulate (stores, energy, electricity, etc.) for future use.
3 stock or provide with something useful (a mind stored with facts).
4 (of a receptacle) have storage capacity for.
5 enter or retain (data) for retrieval.

Idiom:
in store
1 kept in readiness.
2 coming in the future.
3 (foll. by for) destined or intended. set (or lay or put) store by (or on) consider important or valuable.

Derivative:
storable adj. storer n.

Etymology:
ME f. obs. astore (n. & v.) f. OF estore, estorer f. L instaurare renew: cf. RESTORE

N  store, stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry, spring, fount, fountain, well, wellspring, milch cow, stock in trade, supply, heap, treasure, reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche, crop, harvest, mow, vintage, store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack, lumber, relay, storehouse, storeroom, storecloset, depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory, repertorium, promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine, buttery, larder, spence, garner, granary, cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, thesaurus, bank, armory, arsenal, dock, gallery, museum, conservatory, menagery, menagerie, reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond, gasometer, budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio, coffer, conservation, storing, storage, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve, Adj, stored, in store, in reserve, in ordinary, spare, supernumerary, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit, store, stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry, spring, fount, fountain, well, wellspring, milch cow, stock in trade, supply, heap, treasure, reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche, crop, harvest, mow, vintage, store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack, lumber, relay, storehouse, storeroom, storecloset, depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory, repertorium, promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine, buttery, larder, spence, garner, granary, cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, thesaurus, bank, armory, arsenal, dock, gallery, museum, conservatory, menagery, menagerie, reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond, gasometer, budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio, coffer, conservation, storing, storage, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve, Adj, stored, in store, in reserve, in ordinary, spare, supernumerary, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.

VB  store, put by, lay by, set by, stow away, set apart, lay apart, store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up, bank, cache, accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save, reserve, keep back, hold back, husband, husband one's resources, deposit, stow, stack, load, harvest, heap, collect, lay in store Adj, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve.

VB  provide, make provision, make due provision for, lay in, lay in a stock, lay in a store, supply, suppeditate, furnish, find, find one in, arm, cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage, beat up for, stock, stock with, make good, replenish, fill, fill up, recruit, feed, have in store, have in reserve, keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand, have to fall back upon, store, provide against a rainy day.

N  mart, market, marketplace, fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall, tollbooth, customhouse, Tattersall's, stall, booth, stand, newsstand, cart, wagon, wharf, office, chambers, countinghouse, bureau, counter, compter, shop, emporium, establishment, store, department store, general store, five and ten, variety store, co-op, finding store, grindery warehouse, grocery, supermarket, candy store, sweet shop, confectionery, bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop, butcher shop, fish store, farmers' market, mom and pop store, dairy, health food store, tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's, florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store, lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center, gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer, mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall, shopping street, surplus store, army-navy surplus store, auction, flea market, yard sale, garage sale, pawn shop, antiques store, second-hand store, second time around shop, thrift shop, warehouse, wareroom, depot, interposit, entrepot, market-overt, real-estate broker, vending machine.

buffer store, building supply store, candy store, chain store, cigar store, clothing store, computer store, convenience store, country store, department store, dime store, discount store, flower store, general store, grocery store, haberdashery store, hardware store, in store, jewelry store, liquor store, mens store, ordnance store, package store, powder store, push-down store, retail store, second-hand store, shoe store, specialty store, store cheese, store detective, variety store