warehousenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈweə.haʊs/us/ˈwer.haʊs/C2 a large building for storing things before they are sold, used, or sent out to shops, or :
The goods have been sitting in a warehouse for months because a strike has prevented distribution.
mainly UK US usually warehouse store a large shop selling large numbers of a particular product at a cheap rate:
We bought both sofas from a big furniture warehouse out of town.
More examples
- Soldiers had chased the protesters into a warehouse and set fire to it.
- The robbers were holed up in a deserted warehouse.
- Michael Davis has prepared a memorandum outlining our need for an additional warehouse.
- A proposed 5% pay cut has outraged staff at the warehouse.
- They pulled down the warehouse to build a new supermarket.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Buildings for storing things
- armory
- armoury
- arsenal
- barn
- bike shed
- boathouse
- depository
- godown
- granary
- lock-up
- lumberyard
- magazine
- root cellar
- shed
- silo
- store
- storehouse
warehouseverb [ T ]
uk/ˈweə.haʊz//ˈweə.haʊs/us/ˈwer.haʊz//ˈwer.haʊs/UKto store something in a warehouse:
The division was only able to sell 40 systems, leaving 80 units warehoused and unsold.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Buildings for storing things
- armory
- armoury
- arsenal
- barn
- bike shed
- boathouse
- depository
- godown
- granary
- lock-up
- lumberyard
- magazine
- root cellar
- shed
- silo
- store
- storehouse
warehousing
noun [ U ] uk/ˈweə.haʊ.zɪŋ/us/ˈwer.haʊ.zɪŋ/
The company has sold its warehousing and distribution operation.