warehouse

noun

A place in which goods or merchandise are stored; a storehouse.

A large, usually wholesale shop.

transitive verb

To place or store in a warehouse, especially in a bonded or government warehouse.

To institutionalize (a person) in usually deficient housing and in conditions in which medical, educational, psychiatric, and social services are below par or absent.

To deposit or secure in a warehouse; specifically, to place in the government or customhouse stores, to be kept until duties are paid.