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 Other synonyms for the word depository
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
- 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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