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storehouse

noun

  1. pātaka - elevated building used for storing goods including food
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Pronunciation: /ˈstɔː(ɹ)haʊs/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English store Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English storehouse From store + house.

  1. A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions.

    “Jacobsen's theory about the empty storehouse is still valid, for a myth never has one meaning only; a myth is a polyphonic fugue of many voices.”

  2. A single location or resource where a large quantity of something can be found.

    “This old book is a genuine storehouse of useful cooking tips.”

    “Three days passed. Carrados was not unendurably bored, for his mind was an inexhaustible storehouse […]”

  3. A mass or quantity laid up.

    “enrich the storehouse of his powerfull wit”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English store Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English storehouse From store + house.

  1. To lay up in store.

    “the mental storehousing of information”