warehouse

The word “warehouse” means a large building used for storing goods, especially before they are distributed to shops or customers. In plain terms, a big storage building for goods, or, as a verb, to stash something away (sometimes just to keep it from someone else).

“Warehouse” is pronounced WEH-uh-hows (/ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/ in IPA).

Here is “warehouse” used in a sentence: “The delivery truck picked up the order from a warehouse just outside the city.”

Depending on how it is used, “warehouse” can be a noun and a verb.

“Warehouse” is a fairly common word in modern English.

“Warehouse” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a large building used for storing goods, especially before they are distributed to shops or customers.

A warehouse is a large building used to store goods, often for extended periods before they reach shops or customers. A distribution center is a type of warehouse geared to fast turnover, where goods are received, sorted, and shipped out quickly rather than stored long-term.

It is written as one word: "warehouse". It combines "ware", an older word for goods or merchandise (still seen in "wares" and "hardware"), with "house", so a warehouse is literally a house for goods.

Both are buildings for storing things, but "warehouse" is the standard commercial term for a large facility holding goods before distribution. "Storehouse" is more general or literary, and is common in figurative use, such as "a storehouse of knowledge".