repository-n; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: a storage facility where things can be deposited

Commentary: REPOSITORY[+entity][+physical][+structure][+container][+storage][+accruing][+artifacts]

Examples:
They have built a repository for nuclear waste.
The grocery store has separate repositories for cans and glass bottles.

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: someone to whom a secret is entrusted

Commentary: REPOSITORY[+entity][+person][+confidante]

Examples:
The priest was the confessor's only repository.
Jane was the frequent repository of her sister's schemes and secrets.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: burial vault for prominent person

Commentary: REPOSITORY[+entity][+physical][+structure][+container][+storage][+vault][+burial]

Examples:
The body of the king is apparently no longer housed in this repository.
The repository for the 14th-century knights is beneath the floor of this church.

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: amount of accumulated natural resource

Commentary: REPOSITORY[+quantity][+resource][+natural][+accumulated] [+entity][+physical][+substance][+aggregated]

Examples:
This land does not have access to sufficient repositories of water for irrigation.
That nation has abundant repositories of oil and natural gas.

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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 5: source of information or knowledge

Commentary: REPOSITORY[+relation][+role][+resource][+supplier][+information] [+entity][+abstract][+symbolic][+information][+aggregation]

Examples:
John's mind is a rich repository of baseball lore and statistics.
Libraries have served as great repositories of knowledge for centuries.

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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1c