Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

repository

 
Dictionary: re·pos·i·to·ry   (rĭ-pŏz'ĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) pronunciation
n., pl., -ries.
  1. A place where things may be put for safekeeping.
  2. A warehouse.
  3. A museum.
  4. A burial vault; a tomb.
  5. One that contains or is a store of something specified: "Bone marrow is also the repository for some leukemias and lymphomas" (Seth Rolbein).
  6. One who is entrusted with secrets or confidential information.

Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics
Thesaurus: repository
Top

noun

  1. A place where something is deposited for safekeeping: archive, depository, magazine, store, storehouse, warehouse. See keep/release.
  2. One in whom secrets are confided: confessor, confidant, confidante. See show/hide, words.

Dental Dictionary: repository
Top

n

Long-acting drugs, usually administered intramuscularly. See also medication, repository.

Wikipedia: Repository
Top

Repository commonly refers to a location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

Repository may also refer to:

See also


Translations: Repository
Top

Dansk (Danish)
n. - gemmested, opbevaringssted, lager, magasin

Nederlands (Dutch)
bewaarplaats, vertrouwenspersoon, houder, bron van informatie (persoon/boek etc.), gebied rijk aan grondstof(fen), zijaltaar, depot(injectie)

Français (French)
n. - dépositaire, confident, gardien, dépôt

Deutsch (German)
n. - Behälter, Lager, Fundgrube, Quelle

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποθήκη, (μτφ.) ταμείο, αστείρευτη πηγή, θησαυρός (ολόκληρος), μυστικοσύμβουλος, θεματοφύλακας

Italiano (Italian)
ripostiglio, collezione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - repositório (m)

Русский (Russian)
хранилище, вместилище

Español (Spanish)
n. - depósito, almacén, depositario

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förvaringsrum, skattkammare, magasin, begravningsplats

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
容器, 宝库, 贮藏处, 博物馆

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 容器, 寶庫, 貯藏處, 博物館

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 저장소, 납골당, 보고

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 収納場所, 倉庫, 容器, 埋葬所

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مخزن, مستودع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בית-קיבול, איש-סוד, קבר, מאגר, מחסן, מאגר מידע‬


 
 

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Dental Dictionary. Mosby's Dental Dictionary. Copyright © 2004 by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more
Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Repository" Read more
Translations. Copyright © 2007, WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.  Read more