Synonyms for depository

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-poz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈpɒz ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i

Top 10 synonyms for depository

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Définition of depository

Origin : "place where things are deposited," 1750, from Medieval Latin depositorium, from deposit-, past participle stem of Latin deponere (see deposit (v.)) + -orium (see -ory).

noun storage place

Example sentences :

You have Blanktown, then, as the depository of Celia's fortune.
Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914 » by Various

So we were, Tony,—so is every man that is the depository of a certain power.
Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever

My groom, however, thought it might be useful as a depository of barley in the stable!
Extract from : « Byeways in Palestine » by James Finn

She is to be the depository of all his secrets, and the recipient of all his thoughts.
Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope

A depository is a place where things are or may be put away for safe keeping.
Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins

It is not a library in the sole sense of a depository for books.
Extract from : « The Private Library » by Arthur L. Humphreys

As I was about to follow, the keeper of the depository said to me: "No one is allowed to go in."
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Victor Hugo » by Victor Hugo

And a second question arises: Was the central temple the depository of a relic?
Extract from : « Monumental Java » by J. F. Scheltema

Heretofore it had been used by the Sharks as a depository for their ill-gotten gains.
Extract from : « The Thorn in the Nest » by Martha Finley

Is it not he who ought to be the depository of all your secrets?'
Extract from : « Some Noble Sisters » by Edmund Lee

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