DEPOSITORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does depository mean? 

• DEPOSITORY (noun)
  The noun DEPOSITORY has 1 sense:

1. a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

  Familiarity information: DEPOSITORY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPOSITORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

deposit; depositary; depository; repository

Hypernyms ("depository" is a kind of...):

facility; installation (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry)

Meronyms (parts of "depository"):

storage space (the area in any structure that provides space for storage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "depository"):

archive (a depository containing historical records and documents)

bank; bank building (a building in which the business of banking transacted)

drop (a central depository where things can be left or picked up)

depository library; library (a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study)

lost-and-found (repository in a public building where lost articles can be kept until their owners reclaim them)

museum (a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value)

repertory (a storehouse where a stock of things is kept)

sperm bank (a depository for storing sperm)

depot; entrepot; storage; store; storehouse (a depository for goods)

treasury (a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely)