Noun: repository ri'pó-zi,to-ree [N. Amer], ri'pó-zi-t(u-)ree [Brit]
- A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
"The bank offered a safe repository for valuable documents";
- depository, deposit, depositary
- A person to whom a secret is entrusted
"As the CEO's trusted repository, she was privy to confidential information";
- secretary
- A burial vault (usually for some famous person)
"The pharaoh's tomb served as a repository for his earthly possessions";
- monument
Derived forms: repositories
Type of: burial chamber, confidant, facility, installation, intimate, sepulcher [US], sepulchre [Brit, Cdn], sepulture [archaic]
Encyclopedia: Repository