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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

storehouse/ warehouse/ stockhouse

Please call the _____ and find out if they have more armchairs in stock.

A) storehouse
B) warehouse (correct)
C) outhouse
D) stock house

I looked up the dictionary. A, B, are the same thing. I didn't find the meaning of stock house. Can any advisor help?

LC
  

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"Storehouse" may be okay according to the dictionary but it is uncommon in the English I have heard spoken. I think a storehouse is more general than a warehouse, which is used only for goods to be sold or transported (and then to be sold). If I have to store some furniture for a few years, I can put it into a storehouse.

— Jrdavis

  • "Storehouse" may be okay according to the dictionary but it is uncommon in the English I have heard spoken.
  • I think a storehouse is more general than a warehouse, which is used only for goods to be sold or transported (and then to be sold).
  • If I have to store some furniture for a few years, I can put it into a storehouse.
  • If instead I send it to the warehouse, it's to be sold.
  • A stockhouse is like a jail.
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"Storehouse" may be okay according to the dictionary but it is uncommon in the English I have heard spoken.
I think a storehouse is more general than a warehouse, which is used only for goods to be sold or transported (and then to be sold).

If I have to store some furniture for a few years, I can put it into a storehouse. If instead I send it to the warehouse, it's to be sold.
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warehouse=storehouse to a large extent, but
the only one I hear these days in common speech is warehouse.
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