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depot

noun

de·​pot
senses 1 and 2 are
ˈde-(ˌ)pō How to pronounce depot (audio)
also
ˈdē- How to pronounce depot (audio)
sense 3 is
ˈdē- How to pronounce depot (audio)
sometimes
ˈde- How to pronounce depot (audio)
1
a
: a place for storing goods or motor vehicles
b
: store, cache
a fat depot in the body
2
a
: a place for the storage of military supplies
b
: a place for the reception and forwarding of military replacements
3
: a building for railroad or bus passengers or freight

Example Sentences

a distribution depot for auto parts the guns and ammunition were stored in a depot in Concord
Recent Examples on the Web In early August, when the officers tried to march the Black sailors to the Mare Island ammunition depot, the majority refused to go. Matthew F. Delmont, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022 McEwen was one of six workers who were killed when an EF-3 tornado hit the 1.1-million-square-foot Amazon delivery depot in Edwardsville, Illinois on December 10. CBS News, 12 Aug. 2022 Amtrak police guard the inside of the train depot, MPD watches the front drive, and the U.S. Park Police patrol the station’s grassy plaza. James V. Grimaldi, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 When the depot was originally conceived, there were hopes that use might include trains to downtown or even a commuter rail to the Mat-Su and beyond. Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2022 The 1891 Romanesque-style depot for the Great Southern Railway now houses a museum. Kelly Kazek | Kkazek@al.com, al, 18 July 2022 The rest — over Congress Street and the former Haymarket bus depot — will come down to make way for a 410,000-square-foot laboratory building. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022 Maria Zevallos, 56, of Coral Springs, was crossing the road about 6:30 a.m. within the Broward County bus depot at 101 NW First Ave. Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 1 July 2022 The depot held clothing ready for export as well as drums filled with hydrogen peroxide, a chemical compound often used to bleach and dye fabric. New York Times, 7 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

French dépôt, from Middle French depost, from Medieval Latin depositum, from Latin, neuter of depositus

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of depot was in 1795

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