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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

   NOUN:STOCK, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount, fountain; well, wellspring [obs. exc. fig.]; orchard, garden, farm; milch cow; hen.
  STOCK IN TRADE, supply; heap (collection) [See Assemblage]; treasure; reserve, corps de réserve [F.], reserve fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche [F.].
  CROP, harvest, vintage, yield, product, gleaning.
  STORE, accumulation, hoard; mow, rick, stack; lumber; relay (provision) [See Provision].
  STOREHOUSE, storeroom, store closet; depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory [obs.], repertory; repertorium [rare]; promptuary, warehouse, godown [Oriental], entrepôt [F.], magazine; buttery, larder, spence [dial. Eng.]; garner, granary, grain elevator, silo; cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, bank (treasury) [See Treasury]; armory; arsenal; dock; freight yard, train shed, car-barn, power station; stable, barn, byre, cowhouse; piggery; hen house; fish hatchery; hothouse, conservatory.
  quiver, bandoleer; coffer (receptacle) [See Receptacle].
  RESERVOIR, cistern, aljibar [Sp. Am.], tank, pond, mill pond; gasometer.
  [COLLECTIONS] library, public library, library of Congress, British Museum, Bodleian, Bibliothek; gallery, art gallery, picture gallery, Louvre, museum, Madame Tussaud’s, zoölogical garden, zoo [colloq.], aquarium, menagerie.
  WORK OF REFERENCE, dictionary, lexicon, encyclopedia or encyclopædia, cyclopedia or cyclopædia, thesaurus, atlas, concordance, anthology.
  CONSERVATION; storing &c. v.; storage.
  file, letter file, card index, portfolio, budget; photographic -plate, – film; memory.
   VERB:STORE; put by, lay by, set by; stow away; set apart, lay apart; store up, hoard up, treasure up, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up; bank; cache; accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save.
  RESERVE; keep back, hold back; husband, – one’s resources.
  DEPOSIT; stow, stack, load; harvest; heap, collect [See Assemblage]; lay in store &c. adj.; keep, file [papers]; lay in (provide) [See Provision]; preserve [See Preservation].
   ADJECTIVE:STORED &c. v.; in store, in reserve, in ordinary; spare, supernumerary.
   ADVERB:for a rainy day, for a nest egg, to fall back upon; on deposit.
   QUOTATIONS:
  1. Adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.
  2. Cast thy bread upon the waters.—Bible