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de⋅pot

  [dee-poh; Mil. or Brit. dep-oh]
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–noun
1. a railroad station.
2. a bus station.
3. Military.
a. a place in which supplies and materials are stored for distribution.
b. (formerly) a place where recruits are assembled for classification, initial training, and assignment to active units.
4. a storehouse or warehouse, as a building where freight is deposited.
5. Physiology. a place where body products not actively involved in metabolic processes are accumulated, deposited, or stored.
Origin:
1785–95; < F dépot < L dēpositum, n. use of neut. of dēpositus; see deposit

Synonyms:
1, 2. terminal.
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de·pot   (dē'pō, děp'ō)   
n.  

  1. A railroad or bus station.

  2. A warehouse or storehouse.

    1. A storage installation for military equipment and supplies.

    2. A station for assembling military recruits and forwarding them to active units.


[French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Latin dēpositum, something deposited, from neuter past participle of dēpōnere, to put down, deposit; see depone.]
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Word Origin & History

depot 
1795, "warehouse," from Fr. dépôt "a deposit, place of deposit," from O.Fr. depost "a deposit or pledge," from L. depositum "a deposit," neut. pp. of deponere "lay aside" (see deposit). Military sense is from 1798; meaning "railway station" is first recorded 1842, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1de·pot
Pronunciation: 'dep-(")O, 'dEp-
Function: noun
: a bodily location where a substance is stored usually for laterutilization depots as a source of energy>

Main Entry: 2depot
Function: adjective
: being in storage <depot fat>; also : acting over a prolonged period <depotinsulin>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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