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Noun store has 4 senses

shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"
--₁ is a kind of mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet, outlet
--₁ has parts: shopfront, storefront
--₁ has particulars:

bakery, bakeshop, bakehouse; barbershop; bazaar, bazar; betting shop; bodega; bookshop, bookstore, bookstall; booth; boutique, dress shop; building supply store, building supply house; butcher shop, meat market; canteen; chain store; cleaners, dry cleaners; clothing store, haberdashery, haberdashery store, mens store; commissary; computer store; confectionery, candy store; convenience store; delicatessen, deli, food shop; drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, pharmacy; florist, florist shop, flower store; gift shop, novelty shop; hardware store, ironmongery; head shop; junk shop; millinery, hat shop; outfitter; package store, liquor store, off-licence; pawnbroker's shop, pawnshop, loan office; perfumery; pet shop; pizzeria, pizza shop, pizza parlor; repair shop, fix-it shop; salon, beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty shop; shoe shop, shoe-shop, shoe store; specialty store; thriftshop, second-hand store; tobacco shop, tobacconist shop, tobacconist; toyshop

store, stock, fund - a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
--₂ is a kind of accumulation
--₂ has particulars:
infrastructure, base; hoard, cache, stash; provision; issue, military issue, government issue; seed stock

Derived form: verb store₁
memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board - an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
--₃ is a kind of memory device, storage device; hardware, computer hardware
--₃ is a part of
computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
--₃ has parts: register
--₃ has particulars:
non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage; read-only memory, ROM, read-only storage, fixed storage; real storage; scratchpad; virtual memory, virtual storage; volatile storage
storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store - a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"
--₄ is a kind of depository, deposit, repository
--₄ has particulars:
granary, garner; magazine, powder store, powder magazine; railhead; treasure house; warehouse, storage warehouse

Derived form: verb store₂

Verb store has 2 senses

store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
--₁ is one way to keep, hold on

Derived forms: noun store₂, noun storage₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
store - find a place for and put away for storage; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some"
--₂ is one way to keep, hold on

Derived forms: noun store₄, noun storage₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something