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depot
[ dee-poh; Military or British dep-oh ]
noun
- a railroad station.
Synonyms: terminal
- a bus station.
Synonyms: terminal
- Military.
- a place in which supplies and materials are stored for distribution.
- (formerly) a place where recruits are assembled for classification, initial training, and assignment to active units.
- a storehouse or warehouse, as a building where freight is deposited.
- Physiology. a place where body products not actively involved in metabolic processes are accumulated, deposited, or stored.
depot
/ ˈdiːpəʊ; ˈdɛpəʊ /
noun
- a storehouse or warehouse
- military
- a store for supplies
- a training and holding centre for recruits and replacements
- a building used for the storage and servicing of buses or railway engines
- a bus or railway station
- ( as modifier )
a depot manager
adjective
- (of a drug or drug dose) designed for gradual release from the site of an injection so as to act over a long period
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- sub·depot noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of depot1
C18: from French dépôt, from Latin dēpositum a deposit, trust
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Example Sentences
Arrived at the dépôt, I discharged my porter, sat down and waited for the place to open, with ample leisure for reflection.
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We had, in fact, come upon a complete nest of privateers—a rendezvous or dépôt they termed it.
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We had a cold and very uncomfortable breakfast, and on my way to the dépôt I overtook the plumber going in the same direction.
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But just as he entered the dépôt he saw a group of women standing in the ladies' room apparently waiting for him.
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A railway is being brought along the quais with its dépôt at the Invalides.
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