Meanings
plural warehousings
- logisticsThe act of storing goods in a warehouse.
1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives […] at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings, &c.
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Warehousing was vital in a time when storms, poor harvests and wars made supplies unreliable.
1999, Geert Mak, translated by Philipp Blom, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage, published 2001, page 90
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of warehouse
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*warō
- Proto-West Germanic*waru
- Old Englishwaru
- Middle Englishware
- Englishware
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*hūsą
- Proto-West Germanic*hūs
- Old Englishhūs
- Middle Englishhous
- Englishhouse
- Englishwarehouse
- Englishwarehousing
Translations
French entreposage
- entreposagethe act of storing goods in a warehouse
Hindi भंडारण
- भंडारण (bhaṇḍāraṇ)the act of storing goods in a warehouse
Cite this entry
warehousing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warehousing
“warehousing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warehousing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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