ware·house (wâr?hous?)n.1. A place in which goods or merchandise are stored; a storehouse.2. A large, usually wholesale shop.tr.v. (also -houz?) ware·housed, ware·hous·ing, ware·hous·es 1. To place or store in a warehouse, especially in a bonded or government warehouse.2. To institutionalize (a person) in usually deficient housing and in conditions in which medical, educational, psychiatric, and social services are below par or absent: “has felt forced to warehouse hundreds of children in temporary shelters” (Justine Wise Polier).ware?hous?er (-hou?z?r) n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.warehousing (?w???ha?z??) n (Stock Exchange) stock exchange an attempt to maintain the price of a company’s shares or to gain a significant stake in a company without revealing the true identity of the purchaser. Shares are purchased through an insurance company, a unit trust, or nomineesCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014