| stora | Please ask the secretary to stock the office supplies in the storage room. |
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| storage | (n) the act of storing something |
| storage | (n) the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials |
| storage | (n) (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk |
| storage battery | (n) a voltaic battery that stores electric charge, Syn. accumulator |
| storage cell | (n) a cell that can be recharged, Syn. secondary cell |
| storage medium | (n) a medium for storing information, Syn. data-storage medium |
| storage ring | (n) container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used |
| storage space | (n) the area in any structure that provides space for storage |
| storax | (n) a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax |
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| Storax | n. [ L. storax, styrax, Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Styrax. ] Any one of a number of similar complex resins obtained from the bark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family. The most common of these is ☞ A yellow aromatic honeylike substance, resembling, and often confounded with, storax, is obtained from the American sweet gum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua), and is much used as a chewing gum, called sweet gum, and liquid storax. Cf. Liquidambar. [ 1913 Webster ] |