Sailor sent up sailors in storage area (4)
I believe the answer is:
barn
'storage area' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'sailor sent up sailors' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'ab' (abbreviation for able seaman).
'sent up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'sailors' becomes 'RN' (abbreviation for Royal Navy).
'ab' in reverse letter order is 'ba'.
'ba'+'rn'='BARN'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for barn that I've seen before include "Big building" , "Farm store" , "Type of dance or owl" , "Building for farm animals" , "Farm storehouse" .)