depot
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈdɛpoʊ/
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almacén
- The company built a new depot to store the inventory before shipment.
- storage depot
- supply depot
- fuel depot
There was there, there was like ammunition depots.
- There was there, there was like ammunition depots.
- But after that initial target package where you guys were going after fuel depots, ammunition depots, what led on after that?
- Now, finally, the third fat depot liver fat.
Examples
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They're trying to get our supply depot.
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It was an oil storage depot for home oil for like furnaces and stuff.
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I was at the depot last night.
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However, the real race begins once the fuel depot goes.
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The federal chemical depot came off the list after September 11, 2001, because of security reasons.
Academic text (2005) -
Every time Antonio picks up a box of food, the people at the depot ask him questions.
Fiction book (2002) -
It was at the Camp Grant Army Depot out there.
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He was a guard at the depot.
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I'm pulling all the trucks back to the main depot.
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Gentlemen, we are going to make another run on the munition depot at Jametz.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people keep things until they need them
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1.0
A building that holds goods until people need them
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1.8
A room where people keep extra things not used every day
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1.6
A room where you keep things you do not use often
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3.1
A building where goods are kept for later use
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2.8
A room in a shop or business where extra goods are kept until needed
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2.8
A room in a shop where staff keep extra goods before they go on sale
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3.1
A place where trains stop to load people or goods
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2.8
A large building where a company keeps goods until they sell or use them
A large building where goods are kept, often in India or Malaysia
A military depot where people unload supplies from trains for troops
A port or warehouse that stores goods and sends them on, often without import taxes
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Etymology
The word depot comes from the French déposer, which means 'to put down' and is the same root as deposit. This image of 'putting down' goods helps explain the word: a depot is a place where large amounts of goods are kept before they are sent out.