depository

Other forms of depository

plural

depositories·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about depository

What does depository mean?

depository means "a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping".

How many syllables are in depository?

depository has 5 syllables: de-po-si-to-ry. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /dɪˈpɑzəˌtɔɹi/.

What is another word for depository?

Close synonyms include deposit, depositary, repository. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is depository a common word?

depository is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with depository?

59 words rhyme with depository. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.