REPOSITORY

depository, deposit, depositary, repository

(noun) a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

repository, monument

(noun) a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

repository, secretary

(noun) a person to whom a secret is entrusted

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

repository (plural repositories)

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

(computing) a storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system.

A burial vault.

(figurative) A person to whom a secret is entrusted.

(dated) A place where things are kept for sale; a shop.

Synonyms

• (location for storage): depository, archive

Source: Wiktionary


Re*pos"i*to*ry (r*pz"*t$*r), n. Etym: [L. repositorium, repostorium: cf. OF. repositoire.]

Definition: A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository. Locke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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