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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.
Related forms
sub·de·pot, noun
Synonyms
1, 2. terminal.
1, 2. terminal.
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Depots
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Etymonline
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.
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