store

Everyday

1. A store is a shop where people buy things (the usual word in American English). tree →
2. To store means to keep things in a place until you need them. tree →
3. A store is a supply kept for later: a store of food for winter. tree →
4. A storeroom is a room for keeping things. tree →
5. A department store is a big shop with many sections. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: a shop where things are bought and sold, with prices and stock; or to keep things in boxes, jars or shelves: «stores 6 on each shelf» is a rate. Science: squirrels store nuts for winter; plants store food in roots. Computers: store files. Everyday: grocery store, store cupboard, «in store» (coming soon).

Examples

• The store has 40 apples. tree →
• Mom bought 3 shirts at the store. tree →
• The store sold 25 toys on Monday. tree →
• He stores 6 jars on each shelf. tree →
• Squirrels store nuts for the winter. tree →
• Store the milk in the fridge. tree →
• The computer stores all my photos. tree →
• Who knows what surprises are in store for us? tree →
• But there was another surprise and fright in store for them. tree →

Note

Countable noun; verb stored, storing. As a shop it is the place of buying (money spent) and selling (stock goes down). «Stores 6 on each shelf» is a rate: shelves × 6. Trap: store (US) = shop (UK); «storey» (UK) is a floor of a building.

In Jewish tradition

"Store-cities" are towns where grain and supplies are kept. "Old store" means last year's harvest. In the Prophets "laid up in store" is used for sin that is kept until the time of judgment.

Interpretation. The Israelite slaves built store-cities for Pharaoh. The promise of "old store" in Leviticus is read as a blessing of such plentiful harvests that last year's grain is still being eaten. Hosea's words are read as saying that wrongdoing is not forgotten but kept on record until the day of reckoning.

Examples

• And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses. (Torah EXO.1.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'Is not this laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries? (Torah DEU.32.34, JPS 1917) tree →
• And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old from before the new. (Torah LEV.26.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid up in store. (Prophets HOS.13.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store. (Writings 2CH.17.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath. (Writings 2CH.8.4, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable noun; verb stored, storing. As a shop it is the place of buying (money spent) and selling (stock goes down). «Stores 6 on each shelf» is a rate: shelves × 6. Trap: store (US) = shop (UK); «storey» (UK) is a floor of a building.