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warehoused

warehoused is the simple past and past participle of warehouse.

Adjective

warehoused (comparative more warehoused, superlative most warehoused)

  1. Having been placed or stored in a warehouse.
  2. (broadly, usually critical) Having been placed in a warehouse-like environment, typically an institution lacking in purpose and stimulation.

Meaning of warehouse

Verb

warehouse (third-person singular simple present warehouses, present participle warehousing, simple past and past participle warehoused)

  1. (transitive) To store in a warehouse or similar.
    • Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives.1894, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Opinions of Collectors of Customs Concerning Ad Valorem and Specific Rates of Duty on Imports
  2. (transitive) To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period.
    • When our elders presented school to us, they did not present it as a place of high learning, but as a means of escape from death and penal warehousing.2015, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me, page 26
  3. (transitive) To acquire and then shelve, simply to prevent competitors from acquiring it.
    • the warehousing of syndicated TV shows

See all 5 meanings of warehouse

Forms of warehoused

comparativemore warehoused
superlativemost warehoused

Questions about warehoused

What does warehoused mean?
Warehoused means having been placed or stored in a warehouse.
What is warehoused the simple past and past participle of?
Warehoused is the simple past and past participle of warehouse.
What part of speech is warehoused?
Warehoused is an adjective.

Words near warehoused in the dictionary

  1. Warehouse Point
  2. warehouse store
  3. warehouse stores
  4. warehouseable
  5. warehouseage
  6. warehoused
  7. warehouseful
  8. warehousefuls
  9. warehouselike
  10. warehouseman
  11. warehousemen

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