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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Storehouse \Store"house'\, noun
1. A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse.
Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto Egyptians. --Gen. xli. 56.
The Scripture of God is a storehouse abounding with estimable treasures of wisdom and knowledge. --Hooker.
2. A mass or quality laid up. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
storehouse
noun: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks" [syn: {depot}, {entrepot}, {storage}, {store}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "storehouse": Fort Knox, archives, armory, arsenal, attic, bank, basement, bay, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, bunker, bursary, buttery, cargo dock, cash register, cashbox, cellar, chest, closet, coffer, coin box, conservatory, crate, crib, cupboard, depositary, depository, depot, dock, drawer, dump, exchequer, fisc, glory hole, godown, gold depository, hold, hutch, library, locker, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, money chest, penny bank, piggy bank, pork barrel, public crib, public till, public treasury, public trough, rack, repertory, repository, reservoir, rick, safe, safe-deposit box, shelf, stack, stack room, stock room, storage, store, storeroom, strong room, strongbox, subtreasury, supply base, supply depot, tank, till, treasure house, treasure room, treasure-house, treasury, vat, vault, warehouse, wine cellar
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