Definition of repository
repositories
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
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Examples of repository in a Sentence
a repository for nuclear waste
He is the repository of many secrets.
She is the repository of her family's history.
Recent Examples of repository from the Web
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The photographer Tristan Spinski recently visited the repository, producing images that testify to the human appetite for other species.
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Although a national repository of voter data would be useful in helping fight the widespread voter fraud Kobach and the Trump administration cite, most serious analyses have found scant evidence for such claims.
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This welcome central repository organizes the files on your iPad, or those that reside in Apple’s iCloud service.
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That caused a radiation leak at the government’s only underground nuclear waste repository that led to costly recovery work and a backlog in the nation’s multibillion-dollar program for cleaning up waste from decades of research and bomb-making.
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On Twitter, Escobar’s feed has become a repository for news and articles on the growing political and economic chaos.
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Perry also fielded numerous questions about his plans for the moribund and politically sensitive Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada.
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Another chemical reaction stemming from Los Alamos inappropriately packaging a barrel of radioactive waste caused a 2014 radiation leak at the government’s only underground nuclear waste repository.
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The rock history repository is gearing up for a permanent presence in Tokyo, marking its first international expansion since opening its headquarters in Cleveland 22 years ago.
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First Known Use of repository
15th century
repository
Definition of repository
of a drug
: designed to act over a prolonged period repository penicillin
First Known Use of repository
1950
REPOSITORY Defined for English Language Learners
repository
playDefinition of repository for English Language Learners
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: a place where a large amount of something is stored
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: a person who possesses a lot of information, wisdom, etc.
Medical Dictionary
repository
playMedical Definition of repository
of a drug : designed to act over a prolonged period repository penicillin
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