storeroom

Everyday

A room where things are kept until they are needed, such as supplies, equipment or food. tree →

In the lessons

Schools, shops, hospitals and restaurants have storerooms for books, cleaning things, sports kit and stock. In stories a storeroom may be dark, dusty and full of forgotten things. In maths it appears in stock problems: how many boxes are in the storeroom. Phrases: «in the storeroom», «a storeroom full of».

Examples

• The PE balls are kept in the storeroom. tree →
• Please fetch some paper from the storeroom. tree →
• The shop's storeroom is full of boxes. tree →
• We found old toys in the storeroom at the back. tree →
• The storeroom has 12 shelves with 15 tins on each, so 180 tins. tree →
• Only staff may go into the storeroom. tree →
• It was dark and dusty in the storeroom. tree →
• The chulan is a kind of closet, generally used as a storeroom for provisions, &c. tree →

Note

One word in British English, often two («store room») or «stockroom» elsewhere. Americans may say «storage room» or «supply closet». Countable.