storage — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act of storing goods; the state of being stored.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

   Examples

   There's a lot of storage in the loft.

2. An object or place in which something is stored.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • usually

   Examples

   Melbourne's water storages plunged by 0.7 per cent in a week, down to 33.1 per cent capacity, as Victoria recorded its second-driest January on record.

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   2011 (2008), Wan Renpu, Petroleum Industry Press (translator), Advanced Well Completion Engineering, page 115, Underground natural gas storages are underground facilities for storing natural gas. At present, there are three types of underground natural gas storages worldwide, which include depleted oil and gas reservoir gas storages, salt-cave gas storages and aquifer storages.

   2012, A. Grinham, B. Gibbes, D. Gale, M. Watkinson, M. Bartow (University of Queensland), Extreme rainfall and drinking water quality: a regional perspective, C. A. Brebbia, Water Pollution XI, page 187, Low impact storages included the northern and southern region′s Cooloolabin Dam, Baroon Pocket Dam, Leslie Harrison Dam, Hinze Dam and Little Nerang Dam. Highly impacted storages included central region′s Wivenhoe Dam, Somerset Dam and North Pine Dam (Fig. 2), where TSS concentrations in these central storages where more than double compared to northern and southern storages (Fig. 2A).

3. Any computer device, including such as a disk, on which data is stored for a longer term than main memory.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

   Examples

   I′d recommend backing up these files to storage before reinstalling the operating system.

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   Secondary storages are used to store system programs (viz; operating system, assembler, interpreter, compiler and so on), data files, software packages and so on.

4. The price charged for storing goods.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

Verb

1. To put into storage; to store.

   Usage

   • Transitive

Noun

1. the act of storing something

   Broader terms

   retentionkeepingholding

2. a depository for goods

   Synonyms

   storehousedepotentrepotstore

   Broader terms

   depositorydepositdepositaryrepository

   Examples

   storehouses were built close to the docks

3. the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials

   Broader terms

   commercial enterprisebusiness enterprisebusiness

4. (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk

   Broader terms

   computer operationmachine operation

5. an electronic memory device

   Synonyms

   memorycomputer memorycomputer storagestorememory board

   Broader terms

   memory devicestorage devicehardwarecomputer hardware

   Examples

   a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached

6. depositing in a warehouse

   Synonyms

   repositingrepositionwarehousing

   Broader terms

   depositdeposition

   Examples

   they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn

   my car is in storage

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   publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing