Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun storage

6 senses of storage

Sense 1
storage -- (the act of storing something)
       => retention, keeping, holding -- (the act of retaining something)

Sense 2
storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store -- (a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks")
       => depository, deposit, depositary, repository -- (a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping)

Sense 3
storage -- (the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials)
       => commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business -- (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business")

Sense 4
storage -- ((computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk)
       => computer operation, machine operation -- (an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform)

Sense 5
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")
       => memory device, storage device -- (a device that preserves information for retrieval)
       => hardware, computer hardware -- ((computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system)

Sense 6
repositing, reposition, storage, warehousing -- (depositing in a warehouse; "they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"; "my car is in storage"; "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing")
       => deposit, deposition -- (the act of putting something somewhere)