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storage | stored |

As a noun storage

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

As a verb stored is

(store).

storage

English

(wikipedia storage)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The act of storing goods; the state of being stored.
    • There's a lot of storage space in the loft.
  • (usually, uncountable) An object or place in which something is stored.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 1, author=Staff writers, title=Fires rage as business counts cost, work= citation
    • , passage=Melbourne's water storages plunged by 0.7 per cent in a week, down to 33.1 per cent capacity, as Victoria recorded its second-driest January on record.}}
  • * 2011 (2008), Wan Renpu, Petroleum Industry Press (translator), Advanced Well Completion Engineering , page 115,
    • Underground natural gas storages' are underground facilities for storing natural gas. At present, there are three types of underground natural gas '''storages''' worldwide, which include depleted oil and gas reservoir gas '''storages''', salt-cave gas '''storages''' and aquifer ' storages .
  • * 2012 , A. Grinham, B. Gibbes, D. Gale, M. Watkinson, M. Bartow (University of Queensland), Extreme rainfall and drinking water quality: a regional perspective'', C. A. Brebbia, ''Water Pollution XI , page 187,
    • Low impact storages' included the northern and southern region?s Cooloolabin Dam, Baroon Pocket Dam, Leslie Harrison Dam, Hinze Dam and Little Nerang Dam. Highly impacted '''storages''' included central region?s Wivenhoe Dam, Somerset Dam and North Pine Dam (Fig. 2), where TSS concentrations in these central '''storages''' where(sic) more than double compared to northern and southern ' storages (Fig. 2A).
  • (usually, uncountable, computing) Any computer device, including such as a disk, on which data is stored for a longer term than memory.
    • I?d recommend backing up these files to storage before reinstalling the operating system.
  • * 2007 , Ramesh Bangia, Computer Fundamentals and Information Technology , Firewall Media, India, page 43,
    • Secondary storages are used to store system programs (viz; operating system, assembler, interpreter, compiler and so on), data files, software packages and so on.
  • (uncountable) The price charged for storing goods.

    • Usage notes

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

    Derived terms

    * cloud storage * digital storage

    Anagrams

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    stored

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (store)

    • Anagrams

    * * * *

    store

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
  • A supply held in storage.
  • *
    • By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.
  • (label) A place where items may be purchased.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
    • , title=, chapter=1 , passage=There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store , an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”}}
  • Memory.
  • A large amount of information retained in one's memory.
  • A great quantity or number.
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
    • With store of ladies, whose bright eyes / Rain influence, and give the prize.

    Synonyms

    * (supply held in storage) stock, supply * (place from which items may be purchased) boutique, shop (UK); see also * (in computing) memory

    Derived terms

    * company store * drugstore * general store * variety store * give away the store * in store * mind the store * put store in * set store by * storage * storebought * storefront * storehouse * storekeeper * storeroom

    Related terms

    * storage

    Verb

    (stor)
  • (transitive)  To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}
  • (computing)  Write (something) into memory or registers.
  • (intransitive)  To remain in good condition while stored.

    • Derived terms

    * store away * store up

    See also

    * ("store" on Wikipedia)

    Anagrams

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