archive

Plural: archives

Noun

• a depository containing historical records and documents
• 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).
• Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.

Verb

• put into an archive
• To place (something) into an archive.

Examples

• "His archive of Old High German texts is the most extensive in Britain."
• "I was planning on archiving the documents from 2001."
• "peat archive"
• "soil archive"

Synonyms

archivize, file away