an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.

a grocery

We need bread and milk from the store.

a stall, room, floor, or building housing or suitable for housing a retail business.

a supply or stock of something, esp. one for future use.

stores, supplies of food, clothing, or other requisites, as for a household, inn, or naval or military forces.

Chiefly British . a storehouse or warehouse.

quantity, esp. great quantity; abundance, or plenty

a rich store of grain.

to supply or stock with something, as for future use.

to accumulate or put away, for future use (usually fol. by up or away ).

to deposit in a storehouse, warehouse, or other place for keeping.

Computers . to put or retain (data) in a memory unit.

to take in or hold supplies, goods, or articles, as for future use.

to remain fresh and usable for considerable time on being stored

Flour stores well.

bought from a store; commercial

a loaf of store bread.

in store

in readiness or reserve.

about to happen; imminent

There is a great deal of trouble in store for them if they persist in their ways.

set or lay store by

to have high regard for; value; esteem

She sets great store by good character.

noun

debt , need

verb

squander , use , waste

noun

abundance , accumulation , backlog , cache , fount , fountain , fund , hoard , inventory , lode , lot , mine , nest egg * , plenty , plethora , provision , quantity , reserve , reservoir , savings , spring , stock , stockpile , treasure , wares , wealth , wellnotes:at first , shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred , arsenal , bank , barn , box , conservatory , depository , depot , magazine , pantry , repository , stable , storehouse , storeroom , tank , treasury , vault , warehousenotes:at first , boutique , chain store , convenience store , deli , department store , discount house , discount store , drugstore , emporium , five-and-dime , five-and-ten , grocery store , market , mart , outlet , shop , shopping center , showroom , specialty shop , stand , super * , superette , supermarketnotes:at first , nest egg , archive , warehouse

verb

accumulate , amass , bank , bin , bottle , bury , cache , can , cumulate , deposit , freeze , garner , hide , hive , hoard , hutch , keep , keep in reserve , lay away , lay up * , lock away , lock up , mothball , pack , pack away , park , plant , put , put away , put by , put in storage , reserve , roll up , salt away * , save , save for rainy day , sock away , squirrel , stash , stock , stockpile , treasure , victual , warehousenotes:at first , shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred , lay in , lay up , abundance , bind , boutique , collect , collection , commissary , deli , emporium , fund , gather , hold , house , husband , market , mart , outlet , pile , provide , provisions , replenish , repository , reserves , reservoir , resources , secure , shop , shoppe , showroom , stow , supermarket , supplies , supply , treasureup , warehouse