repository

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

depository archive secretary treasury depot bank reserve depositary storage store fund cache monument deposit vault
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Antonyms

forwarder distribute arcade den dispel disburse
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Hypernyms

sepulchre sepulcher facility installation intimate confidant

Hyponyms

museum treasury depot bank repertory library

Related terms

deposit posit reposit

Phrases with the word

spare repository additional repository alternative repository repository copy code repository copy book repository

Examples

A devastating fire Thursday night destroyed up to 85,000 artifacts at New York’s Museum of Chinese in America, a repository of significant cultural materials documenting Chinese life in America. Source: Internet

After secularization, Father-Presidente Narciso Durán transferred the missions' headquarters to Santa Bárbara, thereby making Mission Santa Bárbara the repository of some 3,000 original documents that had been scattered through the California missions. Source: Internet

Administrative powers Suffice it to say that the President is made the sole repository of the executive powers of the United States, and the powers entrusted to him as well as the duties imposed upon him are awesome indeed. Source: Internet

According to Jung, Freud conceived the unconscious solely as a repository of repressed emotions and desires. Source: Internet

According to the IHA, the tombs are more than a mere repository for historical artifacts ; they are sacred religious sites. Source: Internet

A Deep geological repository seems to be favored. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

repositioner repositioning repositor repository copy repossess repossession