Definitions for storage
ˈstɔr ɪdʒ, ˈstoʊr-stor·age

Princeton's WordNet(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. storagenoun

   the act of storing something

2. storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, storenoun

   a depository for goods

   "storehouses were built close to the docks"

3. storagenoun

   the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials

4. storagenoun

   (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk

5. memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory boardnoun

   an electronic memory device

   "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"

6. repositing, reposition, storage, warehousingnoun

   depositing in a warehouse

   "they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"; "my car is in storage"; "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. storagenoun

   The act of storing goods or the state of being stored

   There's a lot of storage space in the loft.

2. storagenoun

   A place for storing goods

3. storagenoun

   The price charged for storing goods

4. storagenoun

   That part of a computer, such as disks, where data is stored for longer-term retrieval than from memory.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Storagenoun

   the act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse

2. Storagenoun

   space for the safe keeping of goods

3. Storagenoun

   the price changed for keeping goods in a store

Matched Categories

1. • Commercial Enterprise
   • Computer Operation
   • Computer Science
   • Deposit
   • Depository
   • Hardware
   • Memory Device
   • Retention

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'storage' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3299

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'storage' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4643

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'storage' in Nouns Frequency: #1399

Anagrams for storage »

1. toerags

2. garotes

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of storage in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of storage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of storage in a Sentence

1. Olivier Jakob:

   For now, there is still an ample supply of crude and a huge amount in storage.

2. Goldman Sachs:

   Distillate storage utilization in the U.S. and Europe is nearing historically high levels, following near record refinery utilization, only modest demand growth (especially relative to gasoline), and increased imports from the East on refinery expansion and Chinese exports, this raises the spectre of 1998 (and) 2009 when distillate storage hit capacity, pushing runs and crude oil prices sharply lower.

3. David Kendall:

   Quite predictably, after the IC (intelligence community) IG (inspector general) made a referral to ensure that materials remain properly stored, the government is seeking assurance about the storage of those materials.

4. Kathleen Sebelius:

   The shipping that is being arranged from the Pfizer headquarters in Kalamazoo,( Michigan), to states around the country -- and to cold storage locations in those states -- is the federal government's piece of the puzzle.

5. William Schaffner:

   Problems with vaccine storage and handling come up with some frequency.

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