depot

CEFRB1

/ˈdɛpəʊ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A place where vehicles, goods, or supplies are stored.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A bus station or railway station.

Examples

  • I made a quick visit to the Home Depot.

  • The shell fell into the ammunition depot, which provoked a series of explosions.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈdepɐʉ/
  • /ˈdiːpoʊ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.

  2. A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.

  3. A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.

More examples

In context

  • depot injection

  • Near-synonyms: depository, repository

  • 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.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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