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repository

/ɹɪˈpɑ.zɪˌtɔɹ.i/noun5 syllables

Repository means: a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping.

Synonyms for repository7

noun, as in a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

depository, deposit, depositary

noun, as in a person to whom a secret is entrusted

noun, as in a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

also used for repository

See storehouse, archive

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What does repository mean?3

noun

1

a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

2

a person to whom a secret is entrusted

3

a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Repository in a sentence

  • In computer science, a software repository is a website where software can be uploaded.Myrano_
  • An encyclopedia is a repository of knowledge and wisdom.nava
  • Many Linux distributions provide a trusted repository for installing software programs.jenniferclaerr
  • A website for learning different languages, tatoeba.org has a rich repository of sentence examples.DostKaplan
  • Saint Catherine's Monastery is the repository of some of the world's oldest icons and illuminated manuscripts.Cangarejo

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of repository

as a noun

plural
repositories