storeroom

noun

Definition of storeroomnext
as in warehouse

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Recent Examples of storeroom The dépendance, once a small storeroom with an oven, had already been converted into a guest unit with its own kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom, offering privacy for visiting friends and family. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2026 The cavernous storeroom is filled to the brim with the mostly mundane physical leftovers of our local bureaucracy, with items cast off as systems are replaced and everyday equipment ages into obsolescence. — Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2026 Karim Khan had told him one morning to clear the storeroom of the garbage lying there, empty Dalda ghee tins and piles of jute bags. — Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025 Sig took me into the vast White House storeroom, filled with historic furniture that had been used by former presidents and their staff who had offices in the White House. — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for storeroom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for storeroom
  1. warehouse
  2. storage
  3. storehouse
  4. stockroom
  5. depository
Noun
  • Mayor Karen Bass questions the progress and said that city personnel were inside the warehouse earlier today and that food waste remains.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The state’s largest electric utility is planning to add an unprecedented amount of new electricity capacity by 2030 to meet the power needs of the massive warehouses filled with computer servers.
    — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of warehouse
Noun
  • The Rio Indio reservoir project is a plan to create a new lake to feed the canal, increase water storage capacity, mitigate lower water levels and serve as a safety measure against future droughts.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Rather than treating the waste solely as something to dispose of, the researchers converted its carbon content into a porous material that serves as the structural framework for thermal energy storage.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of storage
Noun
  • But another petitioner, Sylvi, brings a troubling complaint against King’s Landing’s highborn, who filled their storehouses while the city’s normies struggled to fill their dinner plates.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • Every book, conversation, documentary and memory adds to a personal storehouse of ideas.
    — Cheryl Russell, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2026
Definition of storehouse
Noun
  • Leon said the quake knocked frames off the walls and bottles off the shelves in the restaurant and the stockroom next door.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • About an hour later, surveillance footage allegedly showed two individuals entered the store’s stockroom through a ceiling hatch door that was connected to the rear fire escape system.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
Definition of stockroom
Noun
  • Those jobs belong to a separate custodian, who manages the retirement account paperwork, and a depository, who keeps the metals secure.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 21 July 2026
  • This was the first trading day in Korea since SK Hynix listed American depository receipts on the Nasdaq.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 July 2026
Definition of depository

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“Storeroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/storeroom. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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