depot

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛpəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːpoʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛpoʊ/ (military)
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈdepɐʉ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛpəʊ

depot (plural depots)

1. A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
   • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:

     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.

2. (US) A bus station or railway station.
3. (military) A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
4. (military) A place for the storage, servicing or upgrade of military hardware.
5. (military) The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.
6. (card games) The tableau; the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.

• PEDOT, opted, poted, toped

depot n (singular definite depotet, plural indefinite depoter)

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• “depot” in Den Danske Ordbog

From French dépôt.

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• Hyphenation: de‧pot

depot f or m (plural depots, diminutive depotje n)

1. a depot, a storage warehouse
2. a compound