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4 N‑COUNT A store of things is a supply of them that you keep somewhere until you need them. □ [+ of ] I handed over my secret store of chocolate biscuits.

5 N‑COUNT A store is a place where things are kept while they are not being used. □ [+ for ] …a decision taken in 1982 to build a store for spent fuel from submarines. □  …a grain store.

6 N‑COUNT If you have a store of knowledge, jokes, or stories, you have a large amount of them ready to be used. □ [+ of ] He possessed a vast store of knowledge.

7 → see also chain store , cold store , department store

8 PHRASE If something is in store for you, it is going to happen at some time in the future. □  There were also surprises in store for me. □  Who knows what lies in store for the President?

9 PHRASE If you set great store by something, you think that it is extremely important or necessary. [FORMAL ] □  …a retail group which sets great store by traditional values.

▸  store away → see store 2

▸  store up PHRASAL VERB If you store something up , you keep it until you think that the time is right to use it. □ [V P n] Investors were storing up a lot of cash in anticipation of disaster. [Also V n P ]

store|card /stɔː ^r kɑː ^r d/ (storecards ) also store card N‑COUNT A storecard is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores. [mainly BRIT ] in AM, usually use charge card

sto re de|te c|tive (store detectives ) N‑COUNT A store detective is someone who is employed by a shop to walk around the shop looking for people who are secretly stealing goods.

store|front /stɔː ^r frʌnt/ (storefronts )

1 N‑COUNT A storefront is the outside part of a shop which faces the street, including the door and windows. [mainly AM ] in BRIT, usually use shop front 2 N‑COUNT [oft N n] A storefront is a small shop or office that opens onto the street and is part of a row of shops or offices. [AM ] □  …a tiny storefront office on the main street.

store|house /stɔː ^r haʊs/ (storehouses ) N‑COUNT A storehouse is a building in which things, usually food, are stored.

store|keeper /stɔː ^r kiːpə ^r / (storekeepers ) N‑COUNT A storekeeper is a shopkeeper. [mainly AM ]

store|room /stɔː ruːm/ (storerooms ) N‑COUNT A storeroom is a room in which you keep things until they are needed. □  …a storeroom filled with massive old furniture covered with dust.

sto|rey /stɔː ri/ (storeys ) in AM, use story N‑COUNT A storey of a building is one of its different levels, which is situated above or below other levels. □  …the upper storeys of the Empire State Building.

-storey /-stɔː ri/ in AM, use -story 1 COMB -storey is used after numbers to form adjectives that indicate that a building has a particular number of floors or levels. □  …a modern three-storey building.

2 → see also multi-storey

-storeyed /-stɔː rid/ in AM, use -storied COMB -storeyed means the same as -storey . □  The streets were lined with two-storeyed houses.

stork /stɔː ^r k/ (storks ) N‑COUNT A stork is a large bird with a long beak and long legs, which lives near water.

storm ◆◇◇ /stɔː ^r m/ (storms , storming , stormed )

1 N‑COUNT A storm is very bad weather, with heavy rain, strong winds, and often thunder and lightning. □  …the violent storms which whipped America's East Coast.

2 N‑COUNT If something causes a storm , it causes an angry or excited reaction from a large number of people. □  The photos caused a storm when they were first published. □ [+ of ] …the storm of publicity that Richard's book had generated.

3 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A storm of applause or other noise is a sudden loud amount of it made by an audience or other group of people in reaction to something. □ [+ of ] His speech was greeted with a storm of applause.