repository
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- noun
- /rɪˈpɒzɪtɔri/
- Onkalo is our very first permanent repository for nuclear waste.
- repository of information
- repository of resources
- germplasm repository
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Watch on YouTubeAnd this room tends to be one of the major repositories of stuff.
- And this room tends to be one of the major repositories of stuff.
- And what we have is essentially something like the Dark Ages, when the church is really the only repository of culture.
- No country in the world has a geological repository that's currently open and accepting nuclear waste.
- If you think of the Art Museum as a repository, a place that holds these objects, then perhaps it is a luxury.
- Religion was a repository of knowledge through which people would encode ideas that worked in in everyday life.
- So we actually find these places that are repositories, but I'd like the trash heap example and I think of Sanford and Son, Space in space.
- It's going to have some valuable repository.
- So the obelisks themselves are incredibly powerful artifacts, tools, repositories of life and its possibilities.
- So we actually find these places that have our repositories, but I'd like the trash heap example and I think of Sanford and Son space in space.
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The AASL Lesson Plan Database is a national peer-reviewed repository for standards-based instructional plans.
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And what we have is essentially something like the Dark Ages, when the church is really the only repository of culture.
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The repository will be closed down; it will be back filled.
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Which means no single large repository somewhere, no single national site where taxpayers would have to pay for it and accept it.
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What if someone finds the repository?
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A very important factor is that the repository is self-contained.
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Italian cities have ancient roots, and many piazzas serve as the repository of Italian urban history.
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Other characteristics of Giovio's paintings reflect their role as repositories of information.
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The library serves as a community repository for rare books and historical documents.
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The new facility will be a central repository for all scientific research data.
Synonyms
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A place where people keep things until they need them
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A strong locked room or digital place for keeping valuable things safe
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A place where people leave things to keep them safe
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A room where people keep extra things not used every day
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A room where you keep things you do not use often
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A safe place where people keep documents or other valuable items
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A place where you keep things in a house, box, or phone
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A small locked box in a public place for keeping personal things
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A building where goods are kept for later use
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A room or building where people keep money and valuable things safe
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A small container where you keep loose things like keys and pens
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A place online where developers keep and manage code
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A large building where a company keeps goods until they sell or use them
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A person, place, or group that keeps things safe for others
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A place where objects are kept for use or study
A place where something stays or is kept, often for safety
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Etymology
Repository comes from the Latin parts re- 'back' and posit 'put', like in deposit, so it originally meant 'a place where things are put'. That's why a repository is a place where objects are stored and kept safe.