Synonyms for repository
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-poz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpɒz ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i |
Définition of repository
Origin :- late 15c., "vessel, etc., for storage," Middle French repositoire or directly from Late Latin repositorium "store," in classical Latin, "a stand on which food is placed," from noun use of repositus, past participle of reponere "put away, store" (see repose (v.2)). Figurative use is recorded from 1640s.
- noun warehouse
- It is a repository of knowledge as to early science and philosophy.
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
- Italy was, and still is, the repository of all the chief MSS.
- Extract from : « The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 » by William Painter
- His book is a repository of the most startling facts of this description.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- As may be imagined he was a repository of much valuable and varied information.
- Extract from : « In Eastern Seas » by J. J. Smith
- He was the friend, confidant, and repository of all their troubles.
- Extract from : « Charles Frohman: Manager and Man » by Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman
- It was now used as a repository for ancient books and papers.
- Extract from : « The Lifeboat » by R.M. Ballantyne
- A repository of interesting information respecting the Camel.
- Extract from : « The Testimony of the Rocks » by Hugh Miller
- Like the valley of the Nile, it has been the repository of fine silt.
- Extract from : « The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X) » by Various
- This was in very truth the wardrobe or repository of the royal clothes!
- Extract from : « Maps of Old London » by Anonymous
- A coloured illustration of it was given in Ackermann's "Repository of Arts" in 1815.
- Extract from : « Mazes and Labyrinths » by W. H. Matthews
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- preponderance
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- preposterous
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- repopulate
- report
- reported
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- repose
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- reposing
- repository
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- unprepossessed
- weather report
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