stores
UK/stɔːz//stɔɹz/
stores is the plural of store.
stores is the third-person singular simple present indicative of store.
Meaning of store
Noun
store (plural stores)
- A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
- Near-synonyms: storeroom, stockroom, warehouse, magazine (archaic)
- A supply held in storage.
- Near-synonyms: stock, supply; cache, stash
- A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.
- Dad went to the store to get milk and bread.
- Synonyms:
- shop, retail store, retail outlet
- Memory.
- The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time.
- A great quantity or number; abundance.
- I make my love engrafted to this store.1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 37”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
Phrases with stores
- stores up
- ABC stores
- app stores
- bin stores
- box stores
- gag stores
- pet stores
- toy stores
- book stores
- cold stores
- cool stores
- dark stores
58 more phrasesFewer phrases
- data stores
- dime stores
- drug stores
- flat stores
- free stores
- shoe stores
- stores away
- stores ship
- warm stores
- buddy stores
- candy stores
- chain stores
- craft stores
- frame stores
- naval stores
- party stores
- pizza stores
- state stores
- still stores
- anchor stores
- bottle stores
- corner stores
- dollar stores
- liquor stores
- marine stores
- pop-up stores
- record stores
- thrift stores
- antique stores
- big-box stores
- company stores
- country stores
- general stores
- grocery stores
- hit the stores
- package stores
- variety stores
- vintage stores
- antiques stores
- discount stores
- hardware stores
- hits the stores
- stores of value
- ten-cent stores
- sari-sari stores
- specialty stores
- used book stores
- used-book stores
- warehouse stores
- department stores
- friendship stores
- industrial stores
- convenience stores
- hitting the stores
- second-hand stores
- wide column stores
- departmental stores
- discount department stores
Words that rhyme with stores
Questions about stores
- What is stores the plural of?
- Stores is the plural of store.
- How do you pronounce stores?
- Stores is pronounced /stɔɹz/ (US).
Words near stores in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stores (page history and authors); store (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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