Shopping / A2

STOR/stɔː/

A store is a shop, or a place where things are kept: a food store, a department store, in store (kept). Shop is the everyday British word for a small place to buy things; store is common for larger shops and for storage. Store is also a verb: store data, store food. Storage is uncountable. Do not use store for a tiny corner shop if shop sounds more natural — both are understood.

Meaning

A shop, or a place where things are kept.

Examples

• “There is a food store on the corner.”
• “There is a large store on the high street.”
• “We store the winter coats in this cupboard.”

Good to know

a food / department store. Verb: store + object. British everyday: shop. Uncountable: storage.

Near in meaning

shop

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