rescue deliverance delivery saving | recovery or preservation from loss or danger, work is the deliverance of mankind, a surgeon's job is the saving of lives |
economy saving | an act of economizing, reduction in cost, it was a small economy to walk to work every day, there was a saving ofcents |
preservation saving | the activity of protecting something from loss or danger |
save | (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring, the goalie made a brilliant save, the relief pitcher got credit for a save |
face saver face saving | an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige) |
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 |
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) |
save-all | a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship |
save-all | a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail |
save-all | a receptacle for catching waste products for further use |
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 |
saving grace | a redeeming quality or characteristic, her love of music remains her one saving grace, her sense of humor has to be a saving grace, the saving grace for both developments is that they are creating jobs |
stored program | a program that is stored in the memory of the computer that executes it |
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 |
grace saving grace state of grace | (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God, the state of one who is under such divine influence, the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin, it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church, the Virgin lived in a state of grace |
daylight-saving time daylight-savings time daylight saving daylight savings | time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time, widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings |
save make unnecessary | make unnecessary an expenditure or effort, This will save money, I'll save you the trouble, This will save you a lot of time |
write save | record data on a computer, boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk |
save preserve | to keep up and reserve for personal or special use, She saved the old family photographs in a drawer |
save lay aside save up | accumulate money for future use, He saves half his salary |
save | spend less, buy at a reduced price |
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 |
keep open hold open keep save | retain rights to, keep my job for me while I give birth, keep my seat, please, keep open the possibility of a merger |
save economize economise | spend sparingly, avoid the waste of, This move will save money, The less fortunate will have to economize now |