Found 2 items, similar to repository.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: repository repository n 1: a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping [syn: depository, deposit] 2: a person to whom a secret is entrusted [syn: secretary] 3: a burial vault (usually for some famous person) [syn: monument]
English → English (gcide) Definition: repository Receptacle \Re*cep"ta*cle\ (r[-e]*s[e^]p"t[.a]*k'l), n. [F. r['e]ceptacle, L. receptaculum, fr. receptare, v. intens. fr. recipere to receive. See Receive.] 1. That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as for examople, a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository. [1913 Webster] O sacred receptacle of my joys! --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) (a) The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary. (b) The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers. (c) An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters. (d) A special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants. [1913 Webster]