storehouse
noun
- pātaka - elevated building used for storing goods including food
Wiktionary
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.
- 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.”
- 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 […]”
- 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.
- To lay up in store.
“the mental storehousing of information”