Repository Definition

rĭ-pŏzĭ-tôrē
repositories
noun
repositories
A box, chest, closet, or room in which things may be placed for safekeeping.
Webster's New World
A warehouse.
American Heritage
A building for exhibiting objects; museum.
Webster's New World
A burial vault; sepulcher.
Webster's New World
Any thing or person thought of as a center of accumulation or storage.
A repository of information.
Webster's New World
adjective
Acting gradually over a period of time.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Repository

Noun

Singular:
repository
Plural:
repositories

Origin of Repository

  • From Late Latin repositorium.

    From Wiktionary

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