repository

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

From Latin repositōrium.

In classic literature

Synonyms

depository, deposit, depositary

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