repository

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɑ.zɪˌtɔɹ.i/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
  2. noun a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  3. noun a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

Etymology

From Latin repositōrium.

In classic literature

Synonyms

depository, deposit, depositary

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
facility
Narrower (hyponyms)
repertory, treasury, museum, sperm bank, drop, storehouse

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