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store | hammerspace |

As a verb store

is .

As a noun hammerspace is

(humorous) a notional space in which large objects can be stored until needed.

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

    * * 1000 English basic words ----

    hammerspace

    English

    (wikipedia hammerspace)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (humorous) A notional space in which large objects can be stored until needed.
  • * 1996 , "Vincent Tagle", Love and a single Ukclone...'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''rec.arts.anime.misc )
    • Okay, now just picture what you want to pull out of hammerspace and just reach in and grab it.
  • * 2000 , "Jason Howe", Hammerspace Cleaning'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''alt.fan.sailor-moon )
    • ...it's a commonly known fact that dust is physically incapable of collecting in Hammerspace , so everything is always looking brand new! I for one would want to keep my collection of--I think it's sixty-four--manga spotless!
  • * 2008 , Meljean Brook, Demon Night
    • I just learned how to take my sword out of my hammerspace , and I'm not afraid to use it.