the.com/storehouse
A building that hoards stuff so you don't have to feel guilty about hoarding it yourself.
means A building or room used to store goods, supplies, or valuables until they're needed.
from A straightforward 16th-century compound of 'store' (from Old French 'estor,' meaning supply or stock, ultimately from Latin 'instaurare,' to renew or restock) plus 'house.' No hidden twist here — it means exactly what it says, a house for your store of things.
- origin
- literally store plus house, no metaphor required
- biblical use
- joseph's grain storehouses saved egypt from famine
- modern form
- now mostly called a warehouse or your garage
- figurative use
- a storehouse of knowledge means nobody can shut you up