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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•pot /ˈdipoʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Rail Transporta railroad or bus station.
- a place in which supplies are stored.
- a place where recruits are received, classified, and sent out as replacements.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•pot (dē′pō; Mil. or Brit. dep′ō),USA pronunciation n. - Rail Transporta railroad station.
- a bus station.
- [Mil.]
- a place in which supplies and materials are stored for distribution.
- (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.
- Physiologya place where body products not actively involved in metabolic processes are accumulated, deposited, or stored.
- Latin dēpositum, noun, nominal use of neuter of dēpositus; see deposit
- French dépot
- 1785–95
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged terminal.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: depot /ˈdɛpəʊ; US: Canadian: ˈdiːpəʊ/ n - a storehouse or warehouse
- a store for supplies
- a training and holding centre for recruits and replacements
- chiefly Brit a building used for the storage and servicing of buses or railway engines
- US Canadian a bus or railway station
Etymology: 18th Century: from French dépôt, from Latin dēpositum a deposit, trust |