warehousy

English

Etymology

From warehouse +‎ -y.

Adjective

warehousy (comparative more warehousy, superlative most warehousy) (informal)

1. Having many warehouses.
   • 1902, Practical Junior Photographer‎^[1], page 277:

     We want to see how far our readers can get the best impression of an ordinary, commonplace, ugly, commercial, shoppy or warehousy street.

2. Resembling or characteristic of a warehouse.
   • 1925, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Early letters of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman to his ...‎^[2], page 70:

     So many Scotch and even Glasgow goods, and above all the old fusty warehousy smell, put me very much in mind of Candleriggs Street.

   • 1990, Paul Deblinger, Culpepper's Minneapolis and Saint Paul‎^[3], →ISBN, page 176:

     Do a jig or a square dance in the large, warehousy space.