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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

warehouse

/ˈwɛɹˌhaʊs/

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What does warehouse mean?

noun

  1. A facility for storing large amounts of merchandise or products.
  2. An intermediate facility where goods are transported from the manufacturer prior to their distribution to retailers.

verb

  1. To store in a warehouse or similar.
More meanings (2)

verb

  1. To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period.
  2. To acquire and then shelve, simply to prevent competitors from acquiring it.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈwɛɹˌhaʊs/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Who ever thought of deprecating the teaching poor people to write, because some porter in a warehouse had committed forgery?
Charles DickensSunday Under Three HeadsProject Gutenberg ebook #922
If he carried them to the public warehouse, no duty to be paid till they were taken out for home consumption.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
More book examples (3)
Thenceforward she behaves like her neighbour and goes on carrying honey and pollen to the warehouse which is not of her constructing.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Mason-BeesTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #2884
Early Monday morning Mackay peeped out of the big warehouse door at the great calm mountain shrouded in the pale mists of early dawn.
Mary Esther Miller MacGregorThe Black-Bearded Barbarian : The Life of George Leslie Mackay of FormosaProject Gutenberg ebook #1759
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.
Joseph ConradThe Mirror of the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #1058