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repository (enc)

Repository

Noun1.repository - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
archive, archives - a depository containing historical records and documents
bank building, bank - a building in which commercial banking is transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"
drop - a central depository where things can be left or picked up
facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"
depository library, library - a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study
lost-and-found - repository in a public building where lost articles can be kept until their owners reclaim them
museum - a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
repertory - a storehouse where a stock of things is kept
sperm bank - a depository for storing sperm
storage space - the area in any structure that provides space for storage
storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store - a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"
treasury - a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely
2.repository - a person to whom a secret is entrusted
confidant, intimate - someone to whom private matters are confided
3.repository - a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture - a chamber that is used as a grave

 

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