re·pos·i·to·ry
ri-ˈpä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē 
plural repositories
1
: a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository
2
: a side altar in a Roman Catholic church where the consecrated Host is reserved from Maundy Thursday until Good Friday
3
: one that contains or stores something nonmaterial
considered the book a repository of knowledge
4
: a place or region richly supplied with a natural resource
5
: a person to whom something is confided or entrusted
of a drug
: designed to act over a prolonged period
repository penicillin
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Noun
a repository for nuclear waste
He is the repository of many secrets.
She is the repository of her family's history.
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Greg Kihlstrom, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Taken together, the research of the Pickfords, plus their share of the Risdon Beazley archive, may constitute one of the most valuable repositories of treasure information in the world.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Zoom out: The Andersonville Civil War prison, Savannah's 1790 Inn and Tavern and Marietta's Square have earned spots on Shadowlands, a repository of spooky places across the country.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
The physicists found it while looking through a repository of astronomical observations taken by telescopes in space and around the world called Aladin Lite.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Data Storage At the foundation of any robust CDP is a centralized repository for all customer data, both structured and unstructured.
—Greg Kihlstrom, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Taken together, the research of the Pickfords, plus their share of the Risdon Beazley archive, may constitute one of the most valuable repositories of treasure information in the world.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Zoom out: The Andersonville Civil War prison, Savannah's 1790 Inn and Tavern and Marietta's Square have earned spots on Shadowlands, a repository of spooky places across the country.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
The physicists found it while looking through a repository of astronomical observations taken by telescopes in space and around the world called Aladin Lite.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
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re·pos·i·to·ry
ri-ˈpäz-ə-ˌtōr-ē
of a drug
: designed to act over a prolonged period
repository penicillin
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