warehouse English · revision 8033

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English warehous, a compound of [[ware]], goods, and [[house]];^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) compare Dutch warenhuis and German Warenhaus.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A building for storing goods: 1349 in the OED, the mid-14th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Figurative use is from 1610.^(OED 1989) A tradesman's back shop (1580) and a mason's or carpenter's workshop (1530) are obsolete senses,^(OED 1989) and the word was used from about 1730 as a more dignified word for a shop.^(OED 1989) The verb, to deposit in a warehouse, especially in a government or bonded warehouse until duties are paid, is from 1766 in MWU and 1799 in Etymonline.^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) A large impersonal institution is American colloquial by 1970, and the verb in the sense to house people, such as the mentally ill, in poor institutions from 1972.^(Etymonline)^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1349 – a storehouse.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1610 – figurative use.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1766 – the verb.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1970 – an impersonal institution (US).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A large building where goods are [[store|alt=stored]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # A large, usually wholesale shop.^(AHD)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To store goods in a warehouse, especially a bonded one.^(AHD)

+ # To house people in large institutions with poor services.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[warehouser]]

+ * [[miniwarehouse]]

+ * [[warehouseman]]

+ * [[bonded warehouse]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ware]]

+ * [[wares]]

+ * [[house]]

+ * [[storehouse]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}