repository
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noun \ri-ˈpä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē\ plural re·pos·i·to·ries
Definition of REPOSITORY
1
: a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository
2
: a side altar in a Roman Catholic church where the consecrated Host is reserved from Maundy Thursday until Good Friday
3
: one that contains or stores something nonmaterial <considered the book a repository of knowledge>
4
: a place or region richly supplied with a natural resource
5
: a person to whom something is confided or entrusted
See Examples of REPOSITORY
- a repository for nuclear waste
- He is the repository of many secrets.
- She is the repository of her family's history.
First Known Use of REPOSITORY
15th century
Related to REPOSITORY
- Synonyms
- depository, depot, magazine, storehouse, storage, warehouse
Rhymes with REPOSITORY
accusatory, admonitory, adulatory, a fortiori, aleatory, ambulatory, amendatory, applicatory, approbatory, celebratory, circulatory, combinatory, commendatory, compensatory, conciliatory, condemnatory, confirmatory, confiscatory, conservatory, consolatory, contributory, copulatory, cosignatory, declamatory, declaratory, dedicatory, defamatory, denigratory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, designatory, dispensatory, divinatory, escalatory, excitatory, exclamatory, exculpatory, excusatory, exhibitory, exhortatory, expiatory, expiratory, explanatory, explicatory, exploratory, expository, expurgatory, incubatory, indicatory, inflammatory, informatory, innovatory, inspiratory, inundatory, invitatory, judicatory, masticatory, masturbatory, memento mori, millefiori, obfuscatory, obligatory, observatory, performatory, persecutory, predicatory, premonitory, prohibitory, reformatory, regulatory, retributory, revelatory, respiratory, salutatory, stipulatory, supplicatory, transmigratory, undulatory
2repository
adjectiveDefinition of REPOSITORY
of a drug : designed to act over a prolonged period <repository penicillin>
First Known Use of REPOSITORY
1950
re·pos·i·to·ry
adjective \ri-ˈpäz-ə-ˌtōr-ē\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of REPOSITORY
of a drug : designed to act over a prolonged period <repository penicillin>
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