Definition for STORE'-HOUSE

STORE'-HOUSE, n. [store and house.]

  1. A building for keeping grain or goods of any kind; re a magazine; a repository a warehouse. Joseph opened all the store-houses and sold to the Egyptians. – Gen. xli.
  2. A repository. The Scripture of God is a store-house abounding with inestimable treasures of wisdom and knowledge. – Hooker.
  3. A great mass reposited. [Not is use.] – Spenser.

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