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storage

  • /ˈstɔː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ UK
  • /ˈstɔɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ Canada, US
  • /ˈstoː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ Australia

Rhymes with -ɔːɹɪdʒ, -ɪdʒ

noun storages

  1. uncountable, usually The act of storing goods; the state of being stored. There's a lot of storage in the loft.
  2. countable, usually An object or place in which something is stored. Melbourne's water storages plunged by 0.7 per cent in a week, down to 33.1 per cent capacity, as Victoria recorded its second-driest January on record.
  3. uncountable, usually Any computer device, including such as a disk, on which data is stored for a longer term than main memory. I′d recommend backing up these files to storage before reinstalling the operating system.
  4. uncountable, usually The price charged for storing goods.

verb storages · storaging · storaged

  1. transitive To put into storage; to store.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: store, storehouse, depot, entrepot, memory, memory board, reservoir, cache, storing, warehousing, stockroom, stockpile, stockpiling, stowage, warehouse, safekeeping

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noun act or state

Españolalmacenamiento, almacenaje
日本語貯蔵 chozō, 保管 hokan
中文存儲 /存储 cúnchú
हिन्दीभंडारण bhaṇḍāraṇ
Portuguêsarmazenagem
Françaisstockage
DeutschLagerung, Speicherung
Italianoimmagazzinamento, accumulo
Românăînmagazinare, depozitare, acumulare
Русскийхране́ние xranénije, сохране́ние soxranénije

noun place

Españolalmacén, bodega
中文儲藏室 /储藏室 chǔcángshì
हिन्दीगोदाम godām
Portuguêsarmazém, depósito
Françaisentrepôt
DeutschLager
Italianodeposito, magazzino
Românădepozit, magazie, rezervor
Русскийсклад sklad, храни́лище xranílišče
עבריתמַחְסָן maẖsán

noun computing

Españolalmacenamiento, almacenaje
中文儲存 /储存 chǔcún, chúcún, 存儲 /存储 cúnchǔ, cúnchú
Portuguêsarmazenamento
Françaisstockage, mémorisation
DeutschSpeicher
Italianomemorizzazione
Românămemorare, stocare
Русскийзапомина́ющее устро́йство zapominájuščeje ustrójstvo, ЗУ, па́мять pámjatʹ, накопи́тель nakopítelʹ
Tiếng Việtthiết bị lưu trữ

noun price

Españolalmacenaje
Portuguêsarmazenagem
Русскийпла́та за хране́ние pláta za xranénije

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@misc{storage_2026,
  title = {storage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/storage},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}