depository

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
16
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/dɪˈpɒzɪtɹi/ (UK)
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/dɪˈpɒzɪtɹi/ (UK) · /dɪˈpɑzɪtɔɹi/ (US)

Definition of depository

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation.
    “He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.”
    “Henrietta rang for the attendants to draw in the ponderous curtains; and in the meanwhile, curious to behold the stores of the emblazoned depository, lighted the tapers for herself. The case was speedily unclasped, and the countess stood dazzled with the brilliancy of the precious contents.”
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noun

  1. A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation.
    “He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.”
    “Henrietta rang for the attendants to draw in the ponderous curtains; and in the meanwhile, curious to behold the stores of the emblazoned depository, lighted the tapers for herself. The case was speedily unclasped, and the countess stood dazzled with the brilliancy of the precious contents.”
  2. A trustee; a depositary.
    “depository library”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dēpositōrium, from Latin dēpositum, past participle of dēpōnō.

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