verb Download 🔗Share To store in a warehouse or similar. Examples : "The extra furniture was warehoused until the new apartment was ready. " business industry commerce Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period. Examples : "After years of struggling with mental illness, the man felt warehoused in the hospital, with little hope of returning home. " medicine human organization society government state law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To acquire and then shelve, simply to prevent competitors from acquiring it. Examples : "the warehousing of syndicated TV shows" business commerce economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having been placed or stored in a warehouse. Examples : "The warehoused goods were finally shipped to stores after the holiday season. " business commerce industry building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (by extension, of a person or group, usually critical) Having been placed in a warehouse-like environment, typically an institution lacking in purpose and stimulation. Examples : "After years of neglect, the elderly patients felt warehoused and forgotten in the understaffed nursing home. " attitude person society condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading