noun
- the business of operating a warehouse or storing goods in a warehouse
- the practice of keeping people in institutions for long periods without proper treatment or care
Usage: often critical
verb
- present participle of warehouse: storing goods in a warehouse
- present participle of warehouse: placing people in institutions for long-term care without adequate treatment
Usage: often critical
Examples
- The company specializes in warehousing and distribution services.
- Modern warehousing requires sophisticated inventory management systems.
- Critics accused the facility of warehousing elderly patients without proper care.
- They are warehousing the seasonal merchandise until spring.
- The warehousing costs have increased significantly this year.
- Automated warehousing has revolutionized the logistics industry.
- The government was criticized for warehousing asylum seekers in detention centers.