Associations to the word «Archive»

Wiktionary

ARCHIVE, noun. A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
ARCHIVE, noun. The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
ARCHIVE, verb. To put into an archive.

Dictionary definition

ARCHIVE, noun. A depository containing historical records and documents.
ARCHIVE, verb. Put into an archive.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats