Work and business / A2

WAIRH-ows/ˈweəhaʊs/

A warehouse is a large building for storing goods: in a warehouse, a warehouse job, goods leave the warehouse. Shop is where customers buy; factory is where things are made. Store can mean a shop (US) or a place you keep things. Do not write warhouse as one invented word, or greenhouse (for plants).

Meaning

A large building where goods are stored before they are sold.

Examples

• “The online shop keeps stock in a warehouse.”
• “Parcels waited in the warehouse before delivery.”
• “He started nights at a warehouse near the motorway.”

Good to know

in a warehouse / warehouse stock. Contrast: shop (sells), factory (makes). Mix-up: greenhouse.

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