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The definition of a repository is a place where things are stored for safe keeping, or where there is an ample supply of something, or a person or thing with a lot of information about something.

(noun)

A building where weapons are stored is an example of a repository for weapons.
An area where there are vast amounts of diamonds is an example of a place where there are repositories of diamonds.
A person who has extensive details on his family's history is an example of a repository of information.

See repository in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. repositories

a box, chest, closet, or room in which things may be placed for safekeeping
Now Rare a building for exhibiting objects; museum
a burial vault; sepulcher
any thing or person thought of as a center of accumulation or storage: a repository of information
a person to whom something is entrusted or confided; confidant

Origin: LME repositorie < L repositorium < repositus, pp. of reponere, to put back < re-, back + ponere, to place: see position

adjective

acting gradually over a period of time: said of a drug

See repository in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. re·pos·i·to·ries

A place where things may be put for safekeeping.
A warehouse.
A museum.
A burial vault; a tomb.
One that contains or is a store of something specified: “Bone marrow is also the repository for some leukemias and lymphomas” (Seth Rolbein).
One who is entrusted with secrets or confidential information.

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