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depository
[dih-poz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] 
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depository
[dih-poz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage place |
| Synonyms: | archive, arsenal, bank, bunker, cache, collection, depot, gallery, magazine, museum, repertory, repository, safe, safe-deposit box, store, storehouse, tomb, vault, warehouse |
| Notes: | depository and repository are basically synonymous, but there are special senses like a bank's (night) depository and a sepulchre as a repository |
| Main Entry: | arsenal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage of weapons |
| Synonyms: | armory, depository, depot, dump, factory, magazine, ordnance, plant, repository, stock, stockpile, store, storehouse, supply, warehouse |
| Main Entry: | bank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial institution |
| Synonyms: | coffer, countinghouse, credit union, depository, exchequer, fund, hoard, investment firm, repository, reserve, reservoir, safe, savings, stock, stockpile, store, storehouse, thrift, treasury, trust company, vault |
| Main Entry: | cabinet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cupboard for storage |
| Synonyms: | case, chiffonier, closet, commode, container, depository, dresser, escritoire, locker, repository, wardrobe |
| Main Entry: | closet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage cupboard, usually tall |
| Synonyms: | ambry, bin, buffet, cabinet, chest of drawers, clothes room, cold storage, container, depository, locker, receptacle, recess, repository, room, safe, sideboard, vault, walk-in, wardrobe |
| Main Entry: | cupboard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage cabinet |
| Synonyms: | buffet, closet, depository, facility, locker, press, repository, sideboard, storeroom, wardrobe |
| Main Entry: | depot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage place; station |
| Synonyms: | annex, armory, base, depository, destination, garage, halting-place, haven, junction, loft, lot, magazine, office, repository, stopping-place, store, storehouse, storeroom, terminal, terminus, waiting room, warehouse, yard |
| Main Entry: | magazine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arsenal of weapons |
| Synonyms: | ammunition dump, armory, cache, depository, depot, munitions dump, repertory, repository, store, storehouse, warehouse |
| Main Entry: | museum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for viewing artifacts or |
| Synonyms: | building, depository, exhibition, exhibits archive, foundation, gallery, hall, institution, library, menagerie, repository, salon, storehouse, treasury, vault |
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