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WAREHOUSING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Depositing in a warehouse

Example:

publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing

Synonyms:

repositing; reposition; storage; warehousing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("warehousing" is a kind of...):

deposit; deposition (the act of putting something somewhere)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "warehousing"):

stockpiling (accumulating and storing a reserve supply)

Derivation:

warehouse (store in a warehouse)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb warehouse

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