warehoused; warehousing; warehouses
1
: to deposit, store, or stock in or as if in a warehouse
2
: to confine or house (a person) in conditions suggestive of a warehouse
Examples of warehouse in a Sentence
Noun
when the warehouse burned down, we lost most of our merchandise
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Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
The twisting, swooping swirl of metal, glass, and wood rises from the ground floor of the century-old warehouse, climbs to the second story, then bursts through the roof, elevating visitors over Rotterdam’s historic harbor in a double helix that does double duty as both staircase and artwork.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 27 July 2025
Benjamin Soskis, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Factories outlive their products, warehouses their storage purposes, printing plants their publications, and houses of worship their congregations.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 27 June 2025
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Noun
Not long after, a quad-cab Dodge Ram, black with Alabama license plates, pulled up to the warehouse towing a flatbed trailer.
—Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
The twisting, swooping swirl of metal, glass, and wood rises from the ground floor of the century-old warehouse, climbs to the second story, then bursts through the roof, elevating visitors over Rotterdam’s historic harbor in a double helix that does double duty as both staircase and artwork.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 27 July 2025
Verb
But for many philanthropists, foundations are instruments designed as much to warehouse wealth as to give it away.
—Benjamin Soskis, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Factories outlive their products, warehouses their storage purposes, printing plants their publications, and houses of worship their congregations.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for warehouse
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“Warehouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warehouse. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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