noun
A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
Near-synonyms: storeroom, stockroom, warehouse, magazine (archaic)
This building used to be a store for old tires.
A supply held in storage.
Near-synonyms: stock, supply; cache, stash
They keep a store of canned goods in their basement.
A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.
Dad went to the store to get milk and bread.
There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
Memory.
The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time.
A great quantity or number; abundance.
I make my love engrafted to this store.
With store of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while both contend To win her Grace, whom all commend.
verb
To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
I'll store these books in the attic.
The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
To contain.
The cabinets store all the food the mice would like.
Have the capacity and capability to contain.
They sell boxes that store 24 mason jars.
To write (something) into memory or registers.
This operation stores the result on the stack.
To stock, to fill (a container, repository, etc.) with things.
I have eaten my fill, and had my pockets well stored.