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storehouse
/ˈstɔː(ɹ)haʊs/
noun 3verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
empty, genuine, great, still, useful, valid
VERB + STOREHOUSE
clothing
STOREHOUSE + NOUN
authorities, knowledge, locals
PREP.
about, about, from, in, with
Definitions
noun
1
A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions.
Jacobsen's theory about the empty storehouse is still valid, for a myth never has one meaning only; a myth is a polyphonic fugue of many voices.
2
A single location or resource where a large quantity of something can be found.
This old book is a genuine storehouse of useful cooking tips.
To most people, the huge ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are merely water that once was snow. To glaciologists and climatologists, they are storehouses of the Earth's former atmospheres.
3
A mass or quantity laid up.
enrich the storehouse of his powerfull wit
verb
1
To lay up in store.
the mental storehousing of information
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Idioms & Phrases
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Jacobsen's theory about the empty storehouse is still valid, for a myth never has one meaning only; a myth is a polyphonic fugue of many voices.
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This old book is a genuine storehouse of useful cooking tips.
Wiktionary03
To most people, the huge ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are merely water that once was snow. To glaciologists and climatologists, they are storehouses of the Earth's former atmospheres.
Wiktionary04
the mental storehousing of information
Wiktionary05
He has a great storehouse of knowledge about historical details but I seriously doubt that's of any use in life.
Tatoeba · #29317406
We are the first nation to starve to death in a storehouse that's overfilled with everything we want.
Tatoeba · #425400Usage Notes
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