Depot

//ˈdiːpoʊ// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.

    "Near-synonyms: depository, repository"

  2. 2
    a depository for goods wordnet
  3. 3
    A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
  4. 4
    station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods wordnet
  5. 5
    A bus station or railway station. US
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  1. 6
    A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
  2. 7
    A place for the storage, servicing, or upgrade of military hardware.
  3. 8
    The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.
  4. 9
    A bolus of medication that remains sequestered in some particular site within the body, often intradermally, from which it is gradually absorbed.

    "depot injection"

  5. 10
    The tableau: the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.

Synonyms

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storehouseterminalwarehousearchivesarmoryarsenal

Example

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"I made a quick visit to the Home Depot."

Etymology

From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, participle of dēpōnō, dēpōnere. Doublet of deposit.

Related phrases

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