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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

depot

/ˈdiːpoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.95 in modern English

Syllables
de-pot
IPA
/ˈdiːpoʊ/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.

noun

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

noun

A bus station or railway station.

American usage

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈdiːpoʊ/
  • British English: /ˈdɛpəʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

depots (plural) dépôt (alternative, rare)

Derived Forms

NADEP nondepot subdepot

Phrases

accountable depot Charlton Depot dumpling-depot Mansfield Depot motive power depot replacement depot repo depot sub-depot

Frequently Paired Words

deposit entrepôt entrepot posit position reposit truckyard

Synonyms

depository repository storehouse entrepot storage store terminal terminus

Rhymes With

repo depo tipo seppo topepo

Questions

How do you pronounce depot?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdiːpoʊ/.
What does depot mean?
A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
Where does depot come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce depot

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