storeroom

noun

store·​room ˈstȯr-ˌrüm How to pronounce storeroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
1
: a room or space for the storing of goods or supplies
2

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The Simon Wiesenthal Center said the files were found in a storeroom at a former Nazi headquarters in Buenos Aires. Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025 The pipe burst again in July 2022, 8 feet beneath a storeroom on the first floor. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025 That storeroom has seen at least two additional leaks since. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025 In the back storeroom of the Olivera Egg Ranch in San Jose, Ed Olivera Jr., 76, gazed at miniature sepia and grey-tone photographs in an album splayed open on a long steel table. Jia H. Jung, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for storeroom

Word History

First Known Use

1685, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of storeroom was in 1685

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“Storeroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/storeroom. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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storeroom

noun
store·​room -ˌrüm How to pronounce storeroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room for the storing of goods or supplies

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