WAREHOUSE

Warehouse

A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial areas of cities and towns and villages. They usually have loading docks to load and unload goods from trucks. Sometimes warehouses are designed for the loading and unloading of goods directly from railways, airports, or seaports. They often have cranes and forklifts for moving goods, which are usually placed on ISO standard pallets loaded into pallet racks. Stored goods can include any raw materials, packing materials, spare parts, components, or ...

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warehouse

Noun

  1. A place for storing large amounts of products (wares). In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.

Verb

  1. To store, as in a warehouse.
  2. To confine people to institutions for long-term periods.


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