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repository

re·pos·i·to·ry [ ri pózzə tàwree ] (plural re·pos·i·to·ries)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. place for storage: a place or container in which something is stored

2. possessor of extensive knowledge: somebody with, or something such as a book that contains, extensive detailed knowledge of something
She was a repository of information about the history of the island.

3. confidant: somebody in whom something is confided

4. U.K. warehouse for commodities: a place where goods are stored prior to sale

5. tomb: a burial vault or sepulcher

[15th century. Directly or via French< Latin repositorium< past participle of reponere (see repose1)]
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