storehouse

storehouse
/stawr"hows', stohr"-/, n., pl. storehouses /-how'ziz/.
1. a building in which things are stored.
2. any repository or source of abundant supplies, as of facts or knowledge.
[1300-50; ME storhous. See STORE, HOUSE]
Syn. 1. warehouse, depot.

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