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单词 depot
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depot

[ dee-poh; Military or British dep-oh ]
/ ˈdi poʊ; Military or British ˈdɛp oʊ /
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noun

a railroad station.
a bus station.
Military.
  1. a place in which supplies and materials are stored for distribution.
  2. (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.

Origin of depot

1785–95; <French dépot<Latin dēpositum, noun use of neuter of dēpositus;see deposit

SYNONYMS FOR depot

1, 2 terminal.
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OTHER WORDS FROM depot

sub·de·pot, noun

Words nearby depot

deposit money, depositor, depository, depository library, deposit slip, depot, depot injection, Depp, depr., deprave, depraved
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British Dictionary definitions for depot

depot
/ (ˈdɛpəʊ, US Canadian ˈdiːpəʊ) /

noun

a storehouse or warehouse
military
  1. a store for supplies
  2. a training and holding centre for recruits and replacements
mainly British a building used for the storage and servicing of buses or railway engines
US and Canadian
  1. a bus or railway station
  2. (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

Word Origin for depot

C18: from French dépôt, from Latin dēpositum a deposit, trust
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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