# dark store

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A distribution center, usually a large warehouse, not open to the public, containing the physical goods sold by the online operations of a supermarket or other retail outlet.

## Etymology
From dark (“not open to the public”) + store. The modifier dark refers to the fact that a dark store is not open to the public and is so to speak an invisible part of the retailer’s operation, not to a presumed lack of light in the building.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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