Definitions for storage
ˈstɔr ɪdʒ, ˈstoʊr-stor·age

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

1. storage(noun)

   the act of storing something

2. storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store(noun)

   a depository for goods

   "storehouses were built close to the docks"

3. storage(noun)

   the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials

4. storage(noun)

   (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 board(noun)

   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, warehousing(noun)

   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. storage(Noun)

   The act of storing goods or the state of being stored

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

2. storage(Noun)

   A place for storing goods

3. storage(Noun)

   The price charged for storing goods

4. storage(Noun)

   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. Storage(noun)

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

2. Storage(noun)

   space for the safe keeping of goods

3. Storage(noun)

   the price changed for keeping goods in a store

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. Energy Aspects:

   China's storage needs are ultimately finite, and unlikely to last in the same scale much beyond 2016.

2. Phil Thomas:

   Saturday night after the ASU footballgame...we took down our 24-foot inflatable Chick-Fil-A cow that says ‘Eat More Chicken’…and stowed it my truck for a few hours until we could get over to the storage unit.

3. Goldman Sachs ' Jeffrey Currie:

   Historically, once storage capacity is breached across all crude and products, supply must be brought back below demand immediately.

4. Hiroshige Seko:

   Long-term storage ... has an upside as radiation levels come down while it is in storage. But there is a risk of leakage, it is difficult to hold the water indefinitely, so the panel will also look into how it should be disposed of eventually.

5. Rik Wuts:

   In many places in the developing world, the cost of (main) grid extensions is simply too high to be feasible, the cost decline in solar and (power) storage will continue bringing off-grid generation costs ever closer to grid levels, and we have developed innovative technology to optimise the cost of distribution and the design of the distribution systems.

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