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I'm getting off at the next stop. put a stop to something

to make something finish A teacher put a stop to the fight.

stop • light / ' staplait/ noun [ count ]

a light that changes from red to yellow to green, to tell cars and other vehicles when to stop and start

—SYNONYM traffic light

stor • age / ' storid3 / noun [ noncount ]

the process of keeping of things somewhere until they are needed

We're using this room for storage at the moment.

StOre 1 Ф / stor / noun [ count ]

a building or part of a building where things are bought and sold

He went to the store to buy bread and milk. a furniture store

— Look at grocery store , department store , convenience store .

things that you are keeping to use later a secret store of food

in store

going to happen in the future

There's a surprise in store for you when you get home!

store 2 w/ stor / verb ( stores, stor . ing, stored )

to keep something to use later

The information is stored on a computer.

The noun is storage .

store • keep • er / ' storkipar / noun [ count ]

a person who owns a small store

Storm 1 Ф / storm / noun [ count ] very bad weather with strong winds and rain a thunderstorm Word building

When there is a storm, you hear thunder and see lightning in the sky.

Cyclones , hurricanes , tornadoes , and typhoons are large, violent storms.

storm 2 / storm / verb ( storms , storm - ing , stormed )

to move in a way that shows you are angry He stormed out of the room.

storm • y / ' stormi / adjective ( storm - i - er , storm - i - est )

with strong wind and rain a stormy night

StO . ГуФ/ 'stori / noun [count] ( plural sto . ries )

words that tell you about people and things that are not real

He has written many stories for children. a ghost story

words that tell you about things that really happened My grandmother told me stories about when she was a child.

one level in a building The building has four stories.

—SYNONYM floor

StOVe Ф / stouv / noun [count]

a piece of kitchen equipment for cooking with electricity or gas. It has places for heating pots on the top and an oven for cooking food inside it

You can cook the beans on top of the stove.

a closed metal box in which you burn wood or other fuel to heat a room

a wood-burning stove

Straight 1 Ф / streit / adjective ( straight er , straight - est )

with no curves; going in one direction only Use a ruler to draw a straight line .

His hair is curly, and mine is straight.

— Look at the picture at line .

with one side as high as the other This picture isn't straight.

honest and direct

a straight answer to a straight question

( informal ) attracted to people of the opposite sex —SYNONYM heterosexual

—ANTONYM gay

get something straight

to make sure that you understand something completely Let's get this straight. Are you sure you left your bike by the theater? get straight A's

to get the grade "A" (= the best grade ) in all of your classes

straight 2® / streit / adverb

in a straight line

Look straight in front of you.

Go straight until you come to the bank, then turn left.

without stopping or doing anything else; directly Come straight home.

She walked straight past me.

straight • en / streitn / verb ( straight - ens , straight - en - ing , straight - ened ) to become or to make something straight straighten something out to make a situation less difficult or confused

We can't make a decision until we straighten things out.