'Depository' definitions:
Definition of 'depository'
(from WordNet)
noun
A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping [syn: depository, deposit, depositary, repository]
Definition of 'Depository'
From: GCIDE
- Depository \De*pos"i*to*ry\ (-t[-o]*r[y^]), n.; pl. Depositories (-r[i^]z).
- 1. A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One with whom something is deposited; a depositary. [1913 Webster]
- I am the sole depository of my own secret, and it shall perish with me. --Junius. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'depository'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- archives,
- armory,
- arsenal,
- attic,
- bank,
- basement,
- bay,
- bin,
- bonded warehouse,
- bookcase,
- box,
- bunker,
- bursary,
- buttery,
- cargo dock,
- cash register,
- cashbox,
- cellar,
- chest,
- closet,
- coffer,
- coin box,
- conservatory,
- crate,
- crib,
- cupboard,
- depot,
- dock,
- drawer,
- dump,
- exchequer,
- fisc,
- Fort Knox,
- glory hole,
- godown,
- gold depository,
- hold,
- hutch,
- library,
- locker,
- lumber room,
- lumberyard,
- magasin,
- magazine,
- money chest,
- penny bank,
- piggy bank,
- pork barrel,
- public crib,
- public till,
- public treasury,
- public trough,
- rack,
- repertory,
- repository,
- reservoir,
- rick,
- safe,
- safe-deposit box,
- shelf,
- stack,
- stack room,
- stock room,
- storage,
- store,
- storehouse,
- storeroom,
- strong room,
- strongbox,
- subtreasury,
- supply base,
- supply depot,
- tank,
- till,
- treasure house,
- treasure room,
- treasure-house,
- treasury,
- vat,
- vault,
- warehouse,
- wine cellar