a distribution depot for auto parts
the guns and ammunition were stored in a depot in Concord
Recent Examples on the WebThe underused backlot isn’t large enough for a World of Pandora — but there’s plenty of space if Walt Disney Imagineering pushes the boundaries of the land out into the Disneyland bus depot along Harbor Boulevard.—Brady MacDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024 These new security features and other upgrades at a munitions depot in central Belarus reveal that Russia is building facilities there that could house nuclear warheads.—Christoph Koettl, New York Times, 10 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for depot
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Word History
Etymology
French dépôt, from Middle French depost, from Medieval Latin depositum, from Latin, neuter of depositus
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