- repository⇄adj. (Medicine.) absorbed by degrees; acting slowly.
Ex. a repository drug. - repository⇄noun 1. a place or container where things are stored or kept.
Ex. The box was the repository for old magazines. A library is a repository of information.
2. a person to whom something is confided or entrusted.
Ex. Pepper alone had been - repository⇄repository, noun, pl.-ries,adjective.