storehouse
To lay up in storeTo lay up in store.
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» The rebels began distributing food and clothing from the storehouse to the locals.
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1 sensesTo lay up in store.
the mental storehousing of information
Examples
4 sentencesThe rebels began distributing food and clothing from the storehouse to the locals.
In the criminals' storehouse, the authorities found pallets upon pallets of stolen goods.
We are the first nation to starve to death in a storehouse that's overfilled with everything we want.
He has a great storehouse of knowledge about historical details but I seriously doubt that's of any use in life.
Forms
storehouses, storehousing, storehoused, storehoused| Base form | storehouse · to storehouse |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | storehouses |
| Present participle | storehousing |
| Past simple | storehoused |
| Past participle | storehoused |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.