SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
repository
noun
A place where things are stored or preserved.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Place of storage
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Usage distinction
Return to topRepository can be physical or digital. Archive preserves records, database organizes data, and collection names the stored material rather than necessarily its location.
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See repository in use
The archive is a repository of photographs from the town's early years.
A locked communal cabinet served as a repository for the exchange's maintained tools between borrowing sessions.
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