warehouse
/ˈwɛrˌhaʊs/
noun
- A large building used for storing goods before they are sold or distributed.
- Workers loaded the boxes onto trucks at the warehouse.
- The company rents a warehouse to store its inventory.
- The old warehouse was converted into apartments.
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verb
- To store goods in a warehouse.
- The company warehouses its seasonal items in a climate-controlled facility.
- We need to warehouse these supplies until the store opens.
- The distributor warehouses products for several small businesses.
- To place someone (such as a person with disabilities or an elderly person) in an institution where they receive minimal care or attention (often used critically).
- Critics say the state is warehousing patients instead of providing proper treatment.
- The nursing home was accused of warehousing elderly residents without adequate care.
- The policy was meant to help, but it ended up warehousing people in understaffed facilities.
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