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# warehouse

noun (a warehouse, warehouses)

«warehouse» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A warehouse is a large building where goods are stored before they are sold or sent to shops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warehouse/#m1)
2. A warehouse can be a big shop selling large amounts of goods cheaply. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warehouse/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, online orders are packed in warehouses; in geography and business lessons, warehouses store goods near roads and ports. In maths word problems, warehouses hold boxes and crates: «a warehouse has 40 shelves with 20 boxes each». Phrases: warehouse worker, store in a warehouse.

### Examples

- The toys are kept in a big warehouse before they go to the shops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warehouse/#x1)
- Robots move boxes around in the warehouse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warehouse/#x2)
- A warehouse has 40 shelves with 20 boxes on each, so 800 boxes in all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warehouse/#x3)
- My uncle works in a warehouse driving a forklift. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warehouse/#x4)
- The old warehouse by the river is now flats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warehouse/#x5)
- Forklifts can be dangerous, so children must not play near a warehouse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warehouse/#x6)

### Note

Plural: warehouses. One word: ware (goods) + house. Related: storehouse, depot, storeroom. In maths, warehouse problems usually use multiplication (shelves × boxes) or division (sharing among trucks).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «warehouse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warehouse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«warehouse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warehouse.html) on Mova free.