American English pronunciation
How to pronounce storage
IPA transcription: [s'tɔɹədʒ]
Pronunciation variants: [s'tɔɹədʒ][s'tɔɹɪdʒ][s'tɚədʒ][s'tɚɪdʒ]
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Noun
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the act of storing something
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a depository for goods
“storehouses were built close to the docks”
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an electronic memory device
“a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached”
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the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials
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depositing in a warehouse
“they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn”
“my car is in storage”
“publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing”
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(computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk
Usage examples
- There was extensive damage to its milk factory, with large storage tanks toppled.
- Pumped storage plants, like other hydroelectric plants, can respond to load changes within seconds.
- The other common meaning is a storage tank, a container, usually for liquids.
- The two demonstrators remain in storage at Edwards Air Force Base.
- Tiger nut loses a considerable amount of water during drying and storage.
- Sometimes, I need to clear my browser cache to save more storage space.
- Proteolytic enzymes cause substantial breakdown of storage proteins.
- Dozens of them hit a bulk gasoline storage tank a few hundred yards away.
- It was placed in storage and never returned to the rafters.
- Sometimes, I need to clear my browser cache to save more storage space.