A place in which goods or merchandise are stored; a storehouse, Specifically? A store in which goods are placed for safe-keeping; a building for the temporary deposit of goods for a compensation, A store for the sale of goods at wholesale; also, often, a large retail establishment, verb_ To confine people to institutions for long-term periods, store in a warehouse, To store, as in a warehouse, transitive verb_ To place in the warehouse of the government or customhouse stores, to be kept until duties are paid, To deposit or secure in a warehouse, To place or store in a warehouse, especially in a bonded or government warehouse