depot
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depot
- /ˈdɛpəʊ/ UK
- /ˈdiːpoʊ/ US
- /ˈdepɐʉ/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɛpəʊ
Where it comes from
From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, participle of dēpōnō, dēpōnere. Doublet of deposit.
noun depots · dépôt
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A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
Near-synonyms: depository, repository
Similar: depository, repository
- A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
- A bus station or railway station.
- A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
- A place for the storage, servicing, or upgrade of military hardware.
- The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.
- A bolus of medication that remains sequestered in some particular site within the body, often intradermally, from which it is gradually absorbed. depot injection
- The tableau: the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: entrepot, storehouse, store, storage, terminal, terminus, godown, warehousing, warehouse, stockroom, reservoir, cache, factory, storeroom, lodging, machinery
Translations
Every language
noun warehouse or similar storage facility
| Español | depósito |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 창고 changgo |
| 日本語 | 倉庫 sōko |
| 中文 | 倉庫 /仓库 cāngkù |
| Português | depósito |
| Français | dépôt |
| Deutsch | Depot, Lager, Speicherraum |
| Italiano | deposito, magazzino, rimessa |
| Русский | ба́за báza, пакга́уз pakgáuz, склад sklad, храни́лище xranílišče |
| Tiếng Việt | kho chứa, kho hàng |
| العربية | مَخْزَن maḵzan, مُسْتَوْدَع mustawdaʕ |
noun bus or railway station
| Español | estación |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 駅 eki |
| 中文 | 車站 /车站 chēzhàn |
| Português | estação |
| Français | dépôt |
| Italiano | deposito, deposito ferroviario |
| Русский | автовокза́л avtovokzál, депо́ dɛpó, ста́нция stáncija, автоста́нция avtostáncija |
| Tiếng Việt | bến xe, bến tàu |
noun military: place where recruits are assembled
| Русский | вое́нный ла́герь vojénnyj lágerʹ, уче́бная часть učébnaja častʹ, уче́бно-запасна́я во́инская часть učébno-zapasnája vóinskaja častʹ |
|---|---|
| Tiếng Việt | kho |
noun military: storage
| Tiếng Việt | kho |
|---|
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