| Main Entry: | store |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection, supply |
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abundance, accumulation, backlog, cache, fount, fountain, fund, hoard, inventory, lode, lot, mine, nest egg, plenty, plethora, provision, quantity, reserve, reservoir, savings, spring, stock, stockpile, treasure, wares, wealth, well |
| Notes: | at first, shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred |
Antonyms: |
debt, need |
| Main Entry: | store |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for keeping supply |
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arsenal, bank, barn, box, cache, conservatory, depository, depot, magazine, pantry, repository, reservoir, stable, storehouse, storeroom, tank, treasury, vault, warehouse |
| Main Entry: | store |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business establishment that sells goods |
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boutique, chain store, convenience store, deli, department store, discount house, discount store, drugstore, emporium, five-and-dime, five-and-ten, grocery store, market, mart, outlet, repository, shop, shopping center, showroom, specialty shop, stand, storehouse, super*, superette, supermarket |
| Main Entry: | store |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collect and put aside |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, amass, bank, bin, bottle, bury, cache, can, cumulate, deposit, freeze, garner, hide, hive, hoard, hutch, keep, keep in reserve, lay away, lay up, lock away, lock up, mothball, pack, pack away, park, plant, put, put away, put by, put in storage, reserve, roll up, salt away, save, save for rainy day, sock away, squirrel, stash, stock, stockpile, treasure, victual, warehouse |
Antonyms: |
squander, use, waste |
| Concept: | Store. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience |
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-nouns
stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount, fountain; well, wellspring; milch cow., stock in trade, supply; heap (collection); treasure; reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche., crop, harvest, mow, vintage., store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack; lumber; relay (provision)., storehouse, storeroom, storecloset; depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory; repertorium; promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine; buttery, larder, spence; garner, granary; cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom; thesaurus; bank (treasury); armory; arsenal; dock; gallery, museum, conservatory; menagery, menagerie., reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond; gasometer., budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio; coffer (receptacle)., conservation; storing; storage.
-verbs
store; put by, lay by, set by; stow away; set apart, lay apart; store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up; bank; cache; accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save., reserve; keep back, hold back; husband, husband one's resources., deposit; stow, stack, load; harvest; heap, collect; lay in store.
-adjectives
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| Main Entry: | accumulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather or amass something |
Synonyms: |
accrue, acquire, add to, agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, assemble, bring together, cache, clean up, collect, collocate, compile, concentrate, cumulate, draw together, expand, gain, gather, grow, heap, heap together, hoard, incorporate, increase, load up, lump*, make a bundle, make a killing, mass, pile up, pile*, procure, profit, rack up, roll up, round up, scare up, stack up, stockpile, store, store up, swell, unite |
Antonyms: |
disperse, dissipate, dwindle, lessen, lose, spend, squander, waste |
| Main Entry: | accumulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gathering or amassing |
Synonyms: |
accession, accretion, addition, agglomeration, aggrandizement, aggregation, amassment, augmentation, build-up, chunk, collecting, collection, conglomeration, enlargement, gob, growth, heap, hoarding, hunk, increase, inflation, intensification, mass, multiplication, pile, quantity, stack, stock, store, trove, up, upping |
Antonyms: |
dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, scattering |
| Main Entry: | amass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather, accumulate |
Synonyms: |
aggregate, assemble, clean up, collect, compile, corral*, garner, heap*, hoard, lay up, make a killing, make a pile, pile, round up, scare up, stockpile, store |
Antonyms: |
disburse, disperse, dissipate, divide, dole, scatter, spend |
| Main Entry: | arsenal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage of weapons |
Synonyms: |
armory, depository, depot, dump, factory, magazine, ordnance, plant, repository, stock, stockpile, store, storehouse, supply, warehouse |
| Main Entry: | backlog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncompleted work; accumulation |
Synonyms: |
excess, hoard, inventory, quantity, reserve(s), reservoir, resources, stock, stockpile, store, supply |