depositories

Meaning of depositories

plural noun
  1. a person to whom something is lodged in trust.
    in the seventeenth century, goldsmiths acted as depositaries for the gold of the rich

early 17th century: from late Latin depositarius, from the verb deponere (see deposit).

plural noun
  1. a place where things are stored.
    Irish libraries became depositories for material from all over the world
  2. variant spelling of depositary.

mid 17th century (denoting a depositary): from late Latin depositorium, from deposit- ‘laid aside’, from the verb deponere (see deposit).

Information about depositories

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of depositories is: depository.
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Hyphenation of depositories

de-pos-i-to-ries

  • It consists of 5 syllables and 12 chars.
  • depositories is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

depositories synonyms

Meaning a person or thing regarded as a store of information or in which a particular quality may be found:

repository

Meaning a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place:

cache

Meaning a place where things are kept for future use or sale:

store

Meaning a room in which items are stored:

storeroom

Meaning a building used for storing goods:

storehouse

Meaning a large building where raw materials or manufactured goods may be stored prior to their distribution for sale:

warehouse

Meaning a place for the storage of large quantities of equipment, food, or goods:

depot

Meaning a secure room in a bank in which valuables are stored:

vault

Meaning a room, typically one in a bank, designed to protect valuable items against fire and theft:

strongroom

Meaning a strong fireproof cabinet with a complex lock, used for the storage of valuables:

safe

Meaning the land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake:

bank

Meaning the funds or revenue of a state, institution, or society:

treasury

Meaning an object for holding or transporting something:

container

Meaning a hollow object used to contain something:

receptacle

Meaning (in eastern Asia, especially India) a warehouse:

godown

Meaning a granary:

garner

Words that rhyme with depositories

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