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varasto — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accumulator noun One who, or that which, accumulates.
  • cache noun A hidden store of items kept for future use.
  • depot noun A building used to store goods, vehicles, or equipment.
  • dispensary noun A place, such as part of a hospital or clinic, where medicine or medical supplies are given out.
  • hold verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.
  • inventory noun The full stock of goods a business or location currently has.
  • provision noun A supply of something needed for the future, especially food.
  • repository noun A place where things are stored, often for safekeeping.
  • reservoir noun A natural or artificial lake used to store water for supply.
  • stock noun The goods a shop or business keeps available to sell.
  • stockpile noun A large stored supply of something kept for future use.
  • storage noun The act of keeping something in a place until it is needed, or the space used for this.
  • store verb To keep something in a particular place for future use.
  • storehouse noun A building used to keep goods or supplies.
  • storeroom noun A room set aside for storing things.
  • stowage noun The act or practice of stowing.
  • warehouse noun A large building used for storing goods, especially before they are distributed to shops or customers.

Senses

varasto is used for these senses in English:

  • accumulator (literal) One who, or that which, accumulates.
  • cache (computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
  • depot (military) A place for the storage, servicing, or upgrade of military hardware.
  • dispensary A place or room where something is dispensed, particularly:
  • entrepôt A city, port, or other place where merchandise is sent for import, processing, distribution, and/or export, especially one where such merchandise is exempt from some customs duties; hence, a commercial centre.
  • hold Something reserved or kept.
  • inventory (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.
  • provision An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.

accumulator — full definition

  1. noun One who, or that which, accumulates.
  2. noun A wet-cell storage battery.
  3. noun A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
  4. noun A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.

cache — full definition

  1. noun A hidden store of items kept for future use.
  2. noun (computing) A small, fast storage area that keeps recently used data so it can be retrieved quickly.
  3. verb To store something, especially data, for quick future access.

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