archive

Meanings

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.

Origin / Etymology

First appears c. 1603 in a translation by Philemon Holland. From French archive(s), from Latin archīvum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon, “town hall”).

Synonyms

archivize, file away

Scrabble Score: 15

archive is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
archive is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
archive is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

archive is a valid Words With Friends word