archive
Pronunciation:
/ˈɑɹkaɪv//ˈɑɹkaɪv/noun
Definitions
A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
Example: His archive of Old High German texts is the most extensive in Britain.
Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.
Example: soil archive; peat archive
verb
Definitions
To put into an archive.
Example: I was planning on archiving the documents from 2001.