Depot

English

Noun

Depot (plural Depots)

1. a warehouse or similar storage facility
2. (US) a bus or railway station
3. a place where military recruits are assembled before being sent to active units

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Adjectives

cavalry; temporary; commissary; indispensable; prearranged; stationary.

Thesaurus

archives, armory, arsenal, attic, bank, basement, bay, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, bunker, buttery, cargo dock, cellar, chest, closet, conservatory, crate, crib, cupboard, depository, dock, drawer, dump, exchequer, glory hole, godown, hold, hutch, library, locker, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, rack, repertory, repository, reservoir, rick, shelf, stack, stack room, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, supply base, supply depot, tank, terminal, terminus, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, vat, vault, warehouse, wine cellar

Pronunciation

děpō, and always in the US: dēpō

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• Rhymes: -ɛpəʊ

Etymology

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

Translations

a warehouse or similar storage facility

Bulgarian: склад (bg) m. Finnish: varasto (fi) German: Depot (de) n. Italian: deposito (it) m. Manx: ard-hie (gv) m.

Polish: skład (pl) m., hurtownia (pl) f., magazyn (pl) m. Portuguese: depósito (pt) m. Russian: склад (ru) (sklad) m., база (ru) (báza) f., хранилище (ru) (xranílišče) n.

a bus or railway station

Bulgarian: депо (bg) n. Finnish: asema (fi) Polish: stacja (pl) f.

Portuguese: estação (pt) f. Russian: автовокзал (ru) (avtovokzál) m., депо (ru) (dɛpó) n. (indeclinable) (place for accommodating buses or trains)

a place where military recruits are assembled before being sent to active units

Bulgarian: военнопленнически лагер (bg)

Finnish: kutsuntapaikka

Anagrams

• opted
• poted
• toped

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Dutch

Noun

Depot f. and m. (plural depots)

1. a depot, a storage warehouse
2. a compound