It converts excess calories into triglycerides and stores them in fat cells to use later.

Convertibility is the quality that allows money or other financial instruments to be converted into other liquid stores of value.

The Ottawa Hotel continued in operation until about 1881/82 after which it was converted into stores and offices.

The space left vacated by the old Bay store is planned to be converted into new stores for the fall of 2009.

This space has been converted into several stores and mall space.

It had no lobby any longer; the whole ground floor had been converted into stores, most of which were vacant.

It celebrates the townspeople's success in saving their only theater, which developers had proposed converting into stores.

By the end of the 19th century, the eastern, or servants' house was already converted into apartments and stores.

In most cases this took the form of a new owner converting a brownstone into stores and apartments.

Landlords still must go through a ponderous permit process before they can convert ground-floor space into stores.