warehouse
warehouse Lexical Profile
warehouse Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A large building where raw materials or manufactured goods may be stored prior to their distribution for sale.
"The e-commerce giant built a massive new warehouse on the outskirts of the city to speed up deliveries."
A large wholesale or retail store.
"We bought our appliances at a discount from the local furniture warehouse."
• verb
To store goods in a warehouse.
"The company warehoused the excess inventory until the holiday shopping season approached."
To place someone, such as a prisoner or psychiatric patient, in a large institutional setting, often implying a lack of individualized care or treatment.
"Advocates argued that the aging facility merely warehoused the mentally ill rather than treating them."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English, a compound of 'ware' (goods or merchandise) and 'house' (building), first recorded in the early 14th century.
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