storehouse
[
stawr
-hous,
stohr
-]
/ˈstɔrˌhaʊs, ˈstoʊr-/
noun
,
plural
storehouses
[
stawr
-hou-ziz,
stohr
-]
/ˈstɔrˌhaʊ zɪz, ˈstoʊr-/
(
Show IPA
)
1.
a building in which things are stored.
2.
any repository or source of abundant supplies, as of facts or knowledge.
Origin
1300-50;
Middle English
storhous.
See
store
,
house
Synonyms
1.
warehouse, depot.
Examples from the web for
storehouse
So this blog could serve as such a central
storehouse
.
It is, in other words, a gigantic natural
storehouse
of solar energy.
It also serves as a
storehouse
for the body's calcium and other essential minerals, such as phosphorus and magnesium.
Over the cemetery's south wall there is a granary and
storehouse
, where the poor find provisions.
Of these existing structures only the
storehouse
was considered viable.
These creatures provide a vast
storehouse
of chemical compounds unknown on land.
Although the atmosphere may not be a great
storehouse
of water, it is the superhighway used to move water around the globe.
British Dictionary definitions for
storehouse
storehouse
/
ˈstɔːˌhaʊs
/
noun
1.
a place where things are stored
Word Origin and History for
storehouse
n.
mid-14c., from
store
(n.) +
house
(n.).