depot

See also: Depot, dépot, and dépôt

English

An old railroad depot (sense 2) at Rolling Fork, Mississippi, USA

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛpəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdiːpoʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɛpoʊ/ (military)
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛpəʊ

Noun

depot (plural depots)

  1. A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
    • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
      Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
  2. (US) A bus station or railway station.
  3. (military) A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
  4. (military) A place for the storage, servicing or upgrade of military hardware.
  5. (card games) The tableau; the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.

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Danish

Noun

depot n (singular definite depotet, plural indefinite depoter)

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Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From French dépôt.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧pot

Noun

depot f, m (plural depots, diminutive depotje n)

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