Meaning & use
storeman
Last updated
Meaning
nouncountableBritish
A person whose job is to look after goods or supplies kept in a storeroom or warehouse and to hand them out as needed.
Grammar: Countable; plural storemen.
Patterns
- work as a storeman
- the storeman at somewhere
The storeman handed me the spare tools and asked me to sign the sheet.
He works as a storeman at the car factory.
Ask the storeman whether the delivery has arrived.
Word forms
| plural | storemen |
|---|
Common combinations
- work as a storeman
- She worked as a storeman before becoming a manager.
- the storeman's job
- The storeman's job is to check deliveries.
- a night storeman
- The warehouse hired a night storeman.
- ask the storeman
- Ask the storeman where the boxes are kept.
- a trainee storeman
- He started as a trainee storeman.
Synonyms and how they differ
- stock clerk
- Stock clerk is the American equivalent and often suggests record keeping as well as moving goods.
- warehouseman
- Warehouseman refers to work in a large warehouse rather than a smaller storeroom.
- storekeeper
- Storekeeper in British English can mean the person in charge of the store, while in American English it means a shop owner.
- stockman
- Stockman in British English may mean someone looking after livestock, so it is easy to misread.
Word family
Commonly confused: storeman or shopkeeper?
storeman vs shopkeeper
A shopkeeper runs a shop selling to customers, while a storeman looks after goods kept out of sight.
Practice
The factory's ____ keeps track of spare parts and gives them out to the engineers.
Choose one answer.
A storeman looks after goods in a storeroom. A shopper buys, a salesman sells and a watchman guards a place.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “storeman”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.