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kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse. Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto Egyptians. Gen. xli. 56. The Scripture of God is a storehouse abounding with estimable treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Hooker.

ill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people. Their storehouses crammed with grain. Shak. He will cram his brass down our throats. Swift.

A storehouse; a depository. Bp. Hurd.

A place of deposit storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse. The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present the great depots of this kingdom. Brit Critic (1794).

A public storehouse.

of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively. Storehouses crammed with grain. Shak.

A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornbouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in grain. The exhaustless granary of a world. Thomson.

A storehouse for bread. Halliwell.

That from which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a repository. Woodward.

A repository; a storehouse. [Obs.] Ash.

A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.

A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine.

Room in a storehouse or repository; a room in which articles are stored.

A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.

A repository of abundance; a storehouse.

A storehouse for wares, or goods. Addison.