appliance contraption
contrivance
convenience
gadget
gizmo
gismo
widget | a device or control that is very useful for a particular job |
buffer buffer storage
buffer store | (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device, used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system |
building supply store
building supply house | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
| chain store | one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise |
clothing store
haberdashery haberdashery store
mens store | a store where men's clothes are sold |
| computer store | a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user |
confectionery
confectionary
candy store | a confectioner's shop |
| convenience store | a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items, open long hours for the convenience of customers |
country store
general store
trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
department store
emporium | a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise, commonly part of a retail chain |
discount house
discount store
discounter
wholesale house | a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price |
florist
florist shop
flower store | a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold |
grocery store
grocery
food market
market | a marketplace where groceries are sold, the grocery store included a meat market |
hardware store
ironmonger
ironmonger's shop | a store selling hardware, in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop |
magazine powder store
powder magazine | a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored |
memory
computer memory
storage computer storage
store memory board | an electronic memory device, a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached |
mercantile establishment
retail store
sales outlet
outlet | a place of business for retailing goods |
munition ordnance
ordnance store | military supplies |
package store
liquor store
off-licence | a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere |
public toilet
comfort station
public convenience
convenience public lavatory
restroom
toilet facility
wash room | a toilet that is available to the public |
push-down storage
push-down store
stack | a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
shoe shop
shoe-shop
shoe store | a shop where shoes are sold |
shop
store | a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services, he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod |
| small stores | personal items conforming to regulations that are sold aboard ship or at a naval base and charged to the person's pay |
| specialty store | a store that sells only one kind of merchandise |
storehouse
depot entrepot storage
store | a depository for goods, storehouses were built close to the docks |
thriftshop
second-hand store | a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices |
| convenience | the quality of being useful and convenient, they offered the convenience of an installment plan |
| convenience food | any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating |
rat cheese
store cheese | informal names for American cheddar |
jewelry dealer
jewelry store | a firm that sells and buys jewelry |
| store detective | a private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage |
store
stock fund | a supply of something available for future use, he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars |
| marriage of convenience | a marriage for expediency rather than love |
| convenience | the state of being suitable or opportune, chairs arranged for his own convenience |
store
hive away
lay in
put in
salt away
stack away
stash away | keep or lay aside for future use, store grain for the winter, The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat |
| store | find a place for and put away for storage, where should we stow the vegetables?, I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some |
boughten
store-bought | purchased, not homemade, my boughten clothes, a store-bought dress |
| in store(p) | in readiness, awaiting, gave us a hint of the excitement that was in store for us |