storehouse

noun

store·​house ˈstȯr-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce storehouse (audio)
1
: a building for storing goods (such as provisions) : magazine, warehouse
2
: an abundant supply or source : repository
a storehouse of information

Examples of storehouse in a Sentence

the company has a large storehouse filled with lumber for manufacturing its line of furniture
Recent Examples on the Web Though the site dates to 1333, its bones have undergone many renovations; today it's made up of a network of 83 buildings, including turrets, storehouses, and residences that were used until the 1860s. Steven Casale, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2024 Nor will the underground lithium storehouse be enough to avert the need for other, more environmentally harmful lithium mines. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024 The muscles relax when nerve signals trigger the refilling of the calcium storehouses. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2023 The outbound shift of money in part indicates unease inside China about the sputtering recovery after the pandemic as well as deeper problems, like an alarming slowdown in real estate, the main storehouse of wealth for families. Joy Dong, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023 Google has a war chest that is surpassed only by Apple’s and Microsoft’s, world-class computing infrastructure, and storehouses of potential training data. Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2023 Compared with the Yom Kippur War in 1973, when Israel was taken by surprise and was running low on ammunition and airplanes, Israel’s arms industry and storehouses are more advanced today and much larger. TIME, 8 Oct. 2023 Supplies from the bishops’ storehouse in Honolulu have been shipped to Maui. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023 The company’s yearslong strategy to become a major film producer, using its vast storehouse of toys as intellectual property, had been met in Hollywood with skepticism, if not outright mockery. James B. Stewart, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of storehouse was in the 14th century

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“Storehouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/storehouse. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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storehouse

noun
store·​house ˈstō(ə)r-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce storehouse (audio)
ˈstȯ(ə)r-
1
: a building for storing goods
2
: a large supply : repository
a storehouse of information

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