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warehouse

/ˈweəhaʊs/noun

उच्चारण वेअहाउस

गोदाम, भंडारगृह

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noun
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    a building where large quantities of goods are stored, especially before they are sent to shops to be sold

    गोदाम, भंडारगृह

    • Grain is stored in government warehouses.
    • The shop keeps extra stock in a warehouse on the outskirts of the town.
    • The company rents a large warehouse near the port to store its goods.
    + 2 more examples
    • Trucks arrive at the warehouse every morning to collect the packages.
    • A fire broke out in a textile warehouse on the edge of Surat.

    Synonyms storehouse depot godown depository store

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

in / at / from a warehouse

Goods are stored in a warehouse, collected from it, and a worker is employed at it.

माल warehouse में रखा जाता है, उससे उठाया जाता है, और कर्मचारी वहाँ काम करता है।

  • The rice is stored in a government warehouse.
  • Trucks collect the parcels from the warehouse at dawn.

warehouse + noun (modifier)

Warehouse often works as a modifier in business phrases such as warehouse manager or warehouse stock.

व्यापार के वाक्यांशों जैसे warehouse manager या warehouse stock में warehouse प्रायः modifier का काम करता है।

  • The warehouse manager checked the stock register.
  • Warehouse rent is lower outside the city.

warehouse (verb): to store goods

As a verb, warehouse means to place goods in storage until needed.

Verb के रूप में warehouse का अर्थ माल को आवश्यकता तक भंडार में रखना है।

  • The traders warehoused the onions before the price rose.

a warehouse of + goods / a warehouse full of

Use of or full of to say what is kept inside; the word is countable.

भीतर क्या रखा है, यह बताने के लिए of या full of आता है; यह शब्द countable है।

  • Radhika's uncle owns a warehouse full of wheat sacks.

warehouse vs godown

Warehouse is the standard word; godown is common in Indian English for a storeroom of the same kind.

Warehouse मानक शब्द है; भारतीय अंग्रेज़ी में उसी प्रकार के भंडार-कक्ष के लिए godown भी आम है।

  • The wholesaler moved the sacks from the godown to the warehouse.
+Collocations 5

adjective + warehouse

largecoldbondedgovernmentgrain

  • The vegetables were kept in a cold warehouse before sale.

verb + warehouse

rentbuildfillemptyraid

  • The police raided a warehouse full of fake medicines.

warehouse + noun

workerstockownerreceiptspace

  • The warehouse worker counted every carton twice.

goods and warehouse

store indeliver toremove fromtransfer between

  • The goods were transferred between two warehouses in Nagpur.

warehouse + noun phrase

warehouse receiptwarehouse rentwarehouse stock

  • The warehouse receipt must be shown before the goods are released.
“More examples 6
  • The flood water entered the warehouse and damaged the wheat.

बाढ़ का पानी गोदाम में घुस गया और गेहूँ खराब कर दिया।

  • Online shopping companies keep their stock in large warehouses.

ऑनलाइन खरीदारी कंपनियाँ अपना माल बड़े गोदामों में रखती हैं।

  • The Food Corporation has built new warehouses in many districts.

खाद्य निगम ने कई ज़िलों में नए गोदाम बनाए हैं।

  • He works as a clerk at a warehouse near the railway station.

वह रेलवे स्टेशन के पास एक गोदाम में क्लर्क के रूप में काम करता है।

  • The shopkeeper rented a small warehouse for the festival stock.

दुकानदार ने त्योहार के माल के लिए एक छोटा गोदाम किराए पर लिया।

  • A fire broke out in a warehouse of firecrackers before Diwali.

दीवाली से पहले पटाखों के एक गोदाम में आग लग गई।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ The goods are kept in warehouse.

✓ The goods are kept in a warehouse.

A singular countable noun needs an article.

Singular countable noun के साथ article आवश्यक है।

✗ The wheat was stored in a ware house.

✓ The wheat was stored in a warehouse.

Warehouse is written as one word.

Warehouse एक ही शब्द के रूप में लिखा जाता है।

≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

ware·house

With ware- (goods: as in hardware, software) not 'wear'.

ware- (सामान: hardware, software की तरह) के साथ, 'wear' नहीं।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

A building for storing goods is a warehouse or godown (Indian English); for grain a granary or silo; for weapons an armoury or arsenal.

सामान रखने की इमारत warehouse या godown (भारतीय English); अनाज के लिए granary या silo; हथियारों के लिए armoury या arsenal।

General knowledge

The Food Corporation of India (FCI, 1965) and the Central Warehousing Corporation store food grains in India.

भारतीय खाद्य निगम (FCI, 1965) और केंद्रीय भंडारण निगम भारत में अनाज का भंडारण करते हैं।