Depository
[dɪ'pɒzɪt(ə)rɪ] or [dɪ'pɑzətɔri]
Definition
(noun.) a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping.
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Definition
(n.) A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.
(n.) One with whom something is deposited; a depositary.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Storehouse, deposit, depot, place of deposit.
Edited by Cary
Examples
- He is surrounded by a mysterious halo of family confidences, of which he is known to be the silent depository. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As he went along, upon a dreary night, the dim streets by which he went, seemed all depositories of oppressive secrets. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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