Definitions for depot
ˈdi poʊ; Mil. or Brit. ˈdɛp oʊde·pot

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. terminal, terminus, depotnoun

   station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

2. storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, storenoun

   a depository for goods

   "storehouses were built close to the docks"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 4 votes

1. depotnoun

   a warehouse or similar storage facility

2. depotnoun

   a bus or railway station

3. depotnoun

   a place where military recruits are assembled before being sent to active units

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. depot

   A depot is a place, building, or establishment for the storage and distribution of goods, supplies, or vehicles. It can also refer to a bus or railway station.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Depotnoun

   a place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse

2. Depotnoun

   a military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled

3. Depotnoun

   the headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are received and distributed, recruits are assembled and instructed, infirm or disabled soldiers are taken care of, and all the wants of the regiment are provided for

4. Depotnoun

   a railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Depot

   dep′ō, de′pō, or dē′pō, n. a place of deposit: a storehouse: a military station where stores are kept and recruits trained: the headquarters of a regiment: the portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service: (U.S.) a railway station. [Fr. depôt—L. deponĕre, -positum.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. depot

   An activity for the receipt, classification, storage, accounting, issue, maintenance, procurement, manufacture, assembly, research, salvage, or disposal of

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. depot

   A magazine in which military stores are deposited. Also, a company left in England for the purpose of recruiting when regiments are ordered abroad.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. depot

   Any place at which military stores are deposited for the use of an army. It also signifies a fort or other suitable place appropriated for the reception of recruits, or detached parties belonging to different regiments. In fortification, the term is likewise used to denote a particular place at the trail of the trenches out of the reach of the cannon of a besieged place. It is here that besiegers generally assemble when ordered to attack the outworks, or support the troops in the trenches when there is reason to imagine the besieged intend making a sally.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. depot

   A type of building and property created for a specific purpose.

   The business depot was functioning effectively.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2020  

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Depot

   The American term for a railway station.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DEPOT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Depot is ranked #130610 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Depot surname appeared 130 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Depot.
   
   91.5% or 119 total occurrences were White.
   6.1% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Depository
   • Station

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for depot »

1. poted

2. toped

3. opted

How to pronounce depot?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say depot in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of depot in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of depot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of depot in a Sentence

1. The FTC:

   The commission has reason to believe that the proposed merger between Staples and Office Depot is likely to eliminate beneficial competition that large companies rely on to reduce the costs of office supplies.

2. Ron DeSantis:

   I'm confident if you can do Home Depot, if you can do Walmart, if you can do these things, we absolutely can do the schools, i want our kids to be able to minimize this education gap that I think has developed.

3. Satish Kenchaiah:

   It's not just the overall amount of body fat, but the concentrated depot of fat around the heart( that is linked to heart failure), there's a lot more to assessing health than knowing one's body weight.

4. Michael Manazir:

   They made each airplane coming into the depot kind of a one-off, we realized we couldn’t just replace the parts — we also had to look at the corrosion on the surrounding framework.

5. Seth Bloom:

   The same factors that the FTC cited in the Office Depot OfficeMax deal are present here.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=depot
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Depot
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depot
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=depot
6. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=depot
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=depot
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=depot