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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
store \store\, n. oe. stor, stoor, of. estor, provisions,
   supplies, fr. estorer to store. see store, v. t.
   1. that which is accumulated, or massed together; a source
      from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a
      great quantity, or a great number.
      1913 webster

            the ships are fraught with store of victuals.
                                                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

            with store of ladies, whose bright eyes
            rain influence, and give the prize.   --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. a place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a
      storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine.
      1913 webster

   3. any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or
      retail; a shop. u.s.  british colonies
      1913 webster

   4. pl. articles, especially of food, accumulated for some
      specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms,
      ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a
      ship, of a family.
      1913 webster

            his swine, his horse, his stoor, and his poultry.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   in store, in a state of accumulation; in keeping; hence, in
      a state of readiness. "i have better news in store for
      thee." --shak.

   store clothes, clothing purchased at a shop or store; -- in
      distinction from that which is home-made. colloq. u.s.
      

   store pay, payment for goods or work in articles from a
      shop or store, instead of money. u.s.

   to set store by, to value greatly; to have a high
      appreciation of.

   to tell no store of, to make no account of; to consider of
      no importance.
      1913 webster

   syn: fund; supply; abundance; plenty; accumulation;
        provision.

   usage: store, shop. the english call the place where
          goods are sold however large or splendid it may be a
          shop, and confine the word store to its original
          meaning; viz., a warehouse, or place where goods are
          stored. in america the word store is applied to all
          places, except the smallest, where goods are sold. in
          some british colonies the word store is used as in the
          united states.
          1913 webster

                in his needy shop a tortoise hung,
                an alligator stuffed, and other skins
                of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves
                a beggarly account of empty boxes. --shak.
          1913 webster

                sulphurous and nitrous foam, . . .
                concocted and adjusted, they reduced
                to blackest grain, and into store conveyed.
                                                  --milton.
          1913 webster
see also:
store in store store clothes store pay to set store by to tell no store of 
shop 

Results 1 - 8 of 8 found about store clothes:

Clothes >> C Words
Clothes, definition of term: Clothes
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Store >> S Words
Store, definition of term: Store
store_pag1.html

Clothes Pin >> C Words
Clothes Pin, definition of term: Clothes Pin
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Retail Store >> R Words
Retail Store, definition of term: Retail Store
retail+store_pag1.html

In Store >> I Words
In Store, definition of term: In Store
in+store_pag1.html

Grocery Store >> G Words
Grocery Store, definition of term: Grocery Store
grocery+store_pag1.html

Discount Store >> D Words
Discount Store, definition of term: Discount Store
discount+store_pag1.html

Hardware Store >> H Words
Hardware Store, definition of term: Hardware Store
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