storeroom

«storeroom» in Mova's school dictionary: kept until they are needed, such as supplies, equipment… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a storeroom, storerooms)

meaning for a pupil

A room where things are kept until they are needed, such as supplies, equipment or food. tree →

sense in the lessons

Schools, shops, hospitals and restaurants have storerooms for books, cleaning things, sports kit and stock. In stories a storeroom may be dark, dusty and full of forgotten things. In maths it appears in stock problems: how many boxes are in the storeroom. Phrases: «in the storeroom», «a storeroom full of».

examples

• The PE balls are kept in the storeroom. tree →
• Please fetch some paper from the storeroom. tree →
• The shop's storeroom is full of boxes. tree →
• We found old toys in the storeroom at the back. tree →
• The storeroom has 12 shelves with 15 tins on each, so 180 tins. tree →
• Only staff may go into the storeroom. tree →
• It was dark and dusty in the storeroom. tree →
• The chulan is a kind of closet, generally used as a storeroom for provisions, &c. tree →

note

One word in British English, often two («store room») or «stockroom» elsewhere. Americans may say «storage room» or «supply closet». Countable.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «storeroom» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.