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de·pot
I. \in senses 1 & 2 ˈde(ˌ)pō also ˈdē-; in sense 3 ˈdē- sometimes ˈde-; in all senses: archaic ˈdā(ˌ)pō\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French dépôt, from Latin depositum deposit
1. : a place organized for the reception, classification, storage, issue, or maintenance of military or naval supplies or equipment or for the reception, classification, detention, or forwarding of military or naval replacements
2.
a. : a place at which things may be stored, collected, deposited, or cached or from which they may be conveniently distributed
< archiving is … the accumulation of material in a convenient depot — M.B.Emeneau >
< turning their house into a mere depot for dilapidated objects — F.M.Ford >
< a gasoline depot >
< an auto-parts distribution depot — Newsweek >
b. : store, collection, deposit, cache
< we had the ship's stores and there was a food depot on the north side of the island — H.A.Chippendale >
3.
a. : railroad station
b. : a bus station
c. : an air terminal
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to place (supplies) in a depot : cache
< that spring the first need was to depot additional supplies for the dog-sledging parties — G.deQ.Robin >
III. adjective
physiology : stored, repository; also : adapted for prolonged action
< depot fat >
< depot penicillin >
< depot insulin > |