storage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of storing something
  2. noun a depository for goods
    entrepot; depot; store; storehouse.
    • storehouses were built close to the docks
  3. noun the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials
  4. noun (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk
  5. noun an electronic memory device
    memory board; computer storage; memory; computer memory; store.
    • a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached
  6. noun depositing in a warehouse
    reposition; repositing; warehousing.
    • 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

WordNet

Stor"age noun
Definitions
  1. The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.
  2. Space for the safe keeping of goods.
  3. The price changed for keeping goods in a store.

Webster 1913