Associations to the word «Repository»

Wiktionary

REPOSITORY, noun. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation
REPOSITORY, noun. (computing) a storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system
REPOSITORY, noun. A burial vault
REPOSITORY, noun. A person to whom a secret is entrusted

Dictionary definition

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

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