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 |
dime bag dime | street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars |
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) |
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 |
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 |
dime novel penny dreadful | a melodramatic paperback novel |
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 |
dime | a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar |
nickel-and-dime | accumulate gradually, she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family |
turn on a dime | have a small turning radius, My little subcompact car turns on a dime! |
penny-pinch nickel-and-dime | spend money frugally, spend as little as possible |
turn a nice dime turn a nice penny turn a nice dollar | make a satisfactory profit, The company turned a nice dime after a short time |
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 |
nickel-and-dime(a) | low-paying, a nickel-and-dime job |
nickel-and-dime small-time | of minor importance, a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room, a small-time actor |
in store(p) | in readiness, awaiting, gave us a hint of the excitement that was in store for us |