noun
Etymology
Origin of storehouse
First recorded in 1300–50, storehouse is from the Middle English word storhous. See store, house
Example Sentences
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I would ask him to take me into the storehouse and let me choose as much as I wanted: honey, oats, apples, onions, carrots.
From Literature
Temple Mills railway storehouse in east London is the only depot in the UK able to accommodate the larger trains used in continental Europe and which is already linked to the cross-Channel line.
From BBC
The Princess of Wales has visited the Victoria and Albert Museum's storehouse in East London, seeing a project that wants to make the museum's huge collection available to a wider range of people.
From BBC
History is inescapable in the Middle East, always present, a storehouse of justification to be plundered.
From BBC
His notebooks, bursting with images and anecdotes of real-life folks whose stories caught his attention, provided a storehouse for his plays.
From Los Angeles Times
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