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depot.

A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdɛpəʊ/UK/ˈdiːpoʊ/US/ˈdepɐʉ/Australia
  1. A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.

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

  3. A bus station or railway station.

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

  5. A place for the storage, servicing, or upgrade of military hardware.

  6. The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.

  7. A bolus of medication that remains sequestered in some particular site within the body, often intradermally, from which it is gradually absorbed.

    depot injection
  8. The tableau: the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.

Where this word comes from

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

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