store

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noun

1 place where you can buy things ⇨ See also ↑shop

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, large, major (esp. BrE)

▪ small

▪ retail

▪ department

▪ high-street (BrE), local, village (esp. BrE)

▪ chain

▪ online

▪

You can buy music from an online store.

▪ discount

▪ convenience, corner (esp. BrE), general

▪ specialty (AmE)

▪ outlet

▪ DIY (esp. BrE), electrical (esp. BrE), grocery (esp. AmE), hardware (esp. AmE), health-food (esp. AmE), liquor (AmE), record, toy, video, etc.

▪ dime (AmE)

▪ thrift (AmE)

▪ flagship

▪

Ralph Lauren's flagship store on Madison Avenue

… OF STORES

▪ chain

VERB + STORE

▪ go to, visit

▪ close, open

▪

The company plans to open two new stores in Dublin.

▪ operate, run

▪

The company operates four stores in Maryland.

▪ hit

▪

The CD will hit stores in January.

STORE + VERB

▪ carry sth, offer sth, sell sth

▪

The store offers a comprehensive line of auto parts.

▪ close, open

STORE + NOUN

▪ chain

▪ account (AmE), card (BrE)

▪ shelf, window (both esp. AmE)

▪

The new book has been flying off store shelves.

▪ brand (esp. AmE)

▪

Buying store brands certainly works out cheaper.

▪ sales (esp. AmE)

▪ clerk, employee (both AmE)

▪ manager, owner

▪ detective (esp. BrE)

PREPOSITION

▪ at a/the store, in a/the store

PHRASES

▪ the back of a/the store, the front of a/the store

2 supply for future use

ADJECTIVE

▪ good, great, large, vast

▪ small

▪ food

▪ energy, fat

▪

your body's fat stores

VERB + STORE

▪ have, keep

▪ build up

STORE + NOUN

▪ cupboard (BrE), room (usually storeroom)

PREPOSITION

▪ store of

▪

a vast store of knowledge

3 place for keeping sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ cold, dry

▪

Beef and lamb are hung in a cold store for at least a week.

▪ temporary

▪ ammunition, equipment, grain, etc.

STORE + VERB

▪ hold sth

▪

The grain store holds several thousand tons.

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the store

▪

You'll find a ladder in the equipment store.

▪ store for

▪

We're using the shed as a temporary store for all our stuff.

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verb

ADVERB

▪ carefully, properly (esp. BrE), safely, securely

▪

The paintings were carefully stored in crates.

▪ conveniently, easily

▪

Butane can be conveniently stored as a liquid in a can.

▪ permanently, temporarily

▪ digitally, electronically

▪

electronically stored information

▪ separately

▪ together

▪ away, up

Store is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑computer

Store is used with these nouns as the object: ↑data, ↑email, ↑energy, ↑fat, ↑file, ↑firearm, ↑food, ↑grain, ↑image, ↑information, ↑photograph, ↑waste