Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A place where things may be put for safekeeping.
- noun A warehouse.
- noun A museum.
- noun A burial vault; a tomb.
- noun One that contains or is a store of something specified.
- noun One who is entrusted with secrets or confidential information.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to reposition; adapted or intended for deposition or storage.
- noun A place where things are or may be deposited for safety or preservation; a depository; a storehouse; a magazine.
- noun A place where things are kept for sale; a shop: as, a carriage-repository.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a location for
storage , often for safety orpreservation - noun a burial
vault - noun a person to whom a
secret isentrusted
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person to whom a secret is entrusted
- noun a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- noun a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The main American repository of papers from that period is 41's library in College Station, Texas.
Cold War Clarity 2010
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Can we have a Melvin repository where we can view his various comments? on October 11, 2009 at 6: 18 pm Tony F
We Have Mail « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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An accurate, well-vetted historical repository is a scary prospect, just because of the finances.
The Future of Today’s Legal Scholarship, Part 3 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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The nuclear industry has hoped the federal government would build a long-term repository inside Yucca Mountain in Nevada, where nuclear waste from around the country could be held for hundreds of thousands of years.
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An accurate, well-vetted historical repository is a scary prospect, just because of the finances.
Archive 2009-07-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Fuel, once used, will continue to be safely stored at reactor sites -- as has been the case for decades -- until a long-term repository is identified.
Christine Todd Whitman: The Case for Nuclear Power Is as Strong as Ever Christine Todd Whitman 2010
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In addition to being over budget, the repository is 19 years behind schedule.
Earth Policy Institute: The Flawed Economics of Nuclear Power 2008
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The owning repository is listed in the "Repository" field of the metadata for each photograph.
Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection 2007
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The owning repository is listed in the "Repository" field of the metadata for each photograph.
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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The main repository of info for me on the web will still be www. ceciliatan.com but here I am.
July 23rd, 2006 ceciliatan 2006
alexz commented on the word repository
In Linux, it's a software source, similar to an app market, where you can download software packages from.
May 16, 2013