Word Meanings - STOREROOM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Room in a storehouse or repository; a room in which articles are stored.
Related words: (words related to STOREROOM)
- STORER
One who lays up or forms a store. - STORY-WRITER
1. One who writes short stories, as for magazines. 2. An historian; a chronicler. "Rathums, the story-writer." 1 Esdr. ii. 17. - STORMING
from Storm, v. Storming party , a party assigned to the duty of making the first assault in storming a fortress. - STORYBOOK
A book containing stories, or short narratives, either true or false. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - STORED
Collected or accumulated as a reserve supply; as, stored electricity. It is charged with stored virtue. Bagehot. - STORMGLASS
A glass vessel, usually cylindrical, filled with a solution which is sensitive to atmospheric changes, indicating by a clouded appearance, rain, snow, etc., and by clearness, fair weather. - STORM
A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like. Note: Storm is often used in the formation of self-explained compounds; as, storm-presaging, - STORK
Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidæ, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - STORY-TELLER
1. One who tells stories; a narrator of anecdotes,incidents, or fictitious tales; as, an amusing story-teller. 2. An historian; -- in contempt. Swift. 3. A euphemism or child's word for "a liar." - REPOSITORY
A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository. Locke. - STORK-BILLED
Having a bill like that of the stork. - STORMINESS
The state of being stormy; tempestuousness; biosteruousness; impetuousness. - STOREY
See STORY - STORMILY
In a stormy manner. - STORM-BEAT
Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms. Spenser. - STORMWIND
A heavy wind; a wind that brings a storm; the blast of a storm. Longfellow. - STOREHOUSE
1. A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse. Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto Egyptians. Gen. xli. - STORIFY
To form or tell stories of; to narrate or describe in a story. - QUESTORSHIP
The office, or the term of office, of a questor. - QUAESTOR
See QUESTOR - HISTORIC; HISTORICAL
Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- His*tor"ic*al*ness, n. -- His*to*ric"i*ty, n. There warriors frowning in historic brass. Pope. Historical painting, that branch of painting - PASTORALLY
1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor. - NESTORIAN
An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ , and, hence, that it was improper to call - RESTORATIVELY
In a restorative manner. - PREPOSTOR
See PREPOSITOR - PASTORSHIP
Pastorate. Bp. Bull. - CASTOR BEAN
The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.) - CONSISTORIAN
Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy. You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton. - PASTORLESS
Having no pastor. - CASTOR
A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver. 2. Castoreum. See Castoreum. 3. A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver. I have always been known for the jaunty manner in which I wear my castor. Sir W. Scott. 4. A heavy quality - CLERESTORY
See CLEARSTORY - IMPOSTOR
One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. "The fraudulent impostor foul." Milton. Syn. -- Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See Deceiver. - FALDISTORY
The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel. (more info) faldstuol; faldan, faltan, to fold + stuol stool. So called because it could be folded or laid together. See Fold, and - POSTORAL
Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth.