HOW TO PRONOUNCE
warehouse
/ˈwɛɹˌhaʊs/
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What does warehouse mean?
noun
- A facility for storing large amounts of merchandise or products.
- An intermediate facility where goods are transported from the manufacturer prior to their distribution to retailers.
verb
- To store in a warehouse or similar.
More meanings (2)
verb
- To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period.
- To acquire and then shelve, simply to prevent competitors from acquiring it.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈwɛɹˌhaʊs/
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Who ever thought of deprecating the teaching poor people to write, because some porter in a warehouse had committed forgery?
If he carried them to the public warehouse, no duty to be paid till they were taken out for home consumption.
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Thenceforward she behaves like her neighbour and goes on carrying honey and pollen to the warehouse which is not of her constructing.
Early Monday morning Mackay peeped out of the big warehouse door at the great calm mountain shrouded in the pale mists of early dawn.
They lie concealed in the intricate growth of houses with a few stalks of mastheads here and there overtopping the roof of some four-story warehouse.