depot
/ˈdepəʊ/noun
उच्चारण डेपो
भंडार, गोदाम, डिपो
Core wordPYP · asked 2 times
Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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[C]
a place where large amounts of food, goods or equipment are stored
भंडार, गोदाम, डिपो
- a food depot
- an arms depot
- Food grain is stored in a government depot near the railway line.
+ 2 more examples
- The army set up a supply depot at the border.
- Trucks left the depot early to deliver vegetables to the market.
Synonyms warehouse storehouse store depository arsenal
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[C]
a place where buses or trains are kept and repaired
(बस, रेल का) डिपो
- a bus depot
- The conductor parked the bus at the depot before going home for the night.
- The tram returned to the depot after midnight.
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- Engineers repair the buses at the depot every Sunday.
- Our bus starts from the depot at six in the morning.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
bus depot / railway depot / goods depot
Depot is often the second word in a compound that tells you what is kept or repaired there.
'Depot' प्रायः संयुक्त शब्द का दूसरा भाग होता है, जो बताता है कि वहाँ क्या रखा या ठीक किया जाता है।
- The new bus depot can hold two hundred buses.
- Grain is stored in the food depot near the station.
at / in the depot
Use at when the depot is seen as a point on a route, and in when you mean inside its grounds.
जब depot को किसी मार्ग का एक बिंदु माना जाए तो 'at' और उसके परिसर के भीतर के लिए 'in' का प्रयोग होता है।
- The bus waits at the depot every night.
- Two buses are being repaired in the depot.
depot of / for + noun
Use of or for to say what a depot stores, especially for government or army supplies.
Depot में क्या संग्रहित है यह बताने के लिए, विशेषकर सरकारी या सेना की आपूर्ति के लिए, of या for का प्रयोग होता है।
- The army has a large depot for ammunition near the border.
depot as a countable noun (depots)
It is a countable noun; the final t is silent in British speech, so it is said as DEP-oh.
यह countable noun है; ब्रिटिश उच्चारण में अंतिम t नहीं बोला जाता, इसलिए इसे 'डेप-ओ' कहा जाता है।
- The city has three bus depots.
+Collocations 4
noun + depot
busrailwayoilgrainammunition
- The oil depot is built far from the town for safety.
verb + depot
leavereachbuildreturn tostore goods in
- The last bus returns to the depot at midnight.
depot + noun
managerstaffyardgateworkers
- The depot manager checked every bus before the festival rush.
adjective + depot
centralmainlocalregionalmilitary
- The regional depot supplies medicines to ten districts.
“More examples 5
- The strike began when drivers stopped taking buses out of the depot.
हड़ताल तब शुरू हुई जब चालकों ने बसों को depot से बाहर निकालना बंद कर दिया।
- Wheat from the farms is first brought to the nearest government depot.
खेतों का गेहूँ पहले निकटतम सरकारी भंडार-गृह में लाया जाता है।
- My uncle has worked at the Delhi metro depot for twelve years.
मेरे चाचा बारह वर्षों से दिल्ली मेट्रो depot में काम कर रहे हैं।
- The train was sent to the depot for repairs after the accident.
दुर्घटना के बाद ट्रेन को मरम्मत के लिए depot भेजा गया।
- Rescue teams set up a relief depot near the flooded village.
बचाव दलों ने बाढ़-ग्रस्त गाँव के पास एक राहत-सामग्री केंद्र बनाया।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The buses are parked in the depo at night.
✓ The buses are parked in the depot at night.
The correct spelling ends in -ot, even though the t is silent.
सही वर्तनी -ot पर समाप्त होती है, भले ही t बोला नहीं जाता।
✗ He has been working in the bus depot since 2015 years.
✓ He has been working in the bus depot since 2015.
Since goes with a point in time, not with the word years.
'Since' समय-बिंदु के साथ आता है, 'years' शब्द के साथ नहीं।
✗ A depot is a place where the trains and buses are repair.
✓ A depot is a place where trains and buses are repaired.
The passive needs the past participle, repaired, not the base form.
Passive में past participle 'repaired' चाहिए, base form 'repair' नहीं।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
de·pot
Spelling and pronunciation, asked often: de-pot, from French, with a silent t, /ˈdepəʊ/ (not /ˈdepɒt/).
Spelling और pronunciation में अक्सर पूछा जाता है: de-pot, French से, silent t के साथ, /ˈdepəʊ/ (/ˈdepɒt/ नहीं)।
§Grammar and usage
Keep the silent-t French words together: depot, ballet, bouquet, buffet, chalet, debut, gourmet, rapport.
Silent-t वाले French शब्द साथ याद रखिए: depot, ballet, bouquet, buffet, chalet, debut, gourmet, rapport।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A place for storing weapons is an arsenal or armoury; grain a granary; goods a warehouse; documents an archive.
हथियार रखने की जगह arsenal या armoury; अनाज की granary; माल की warehouse; दस्तावेज़ों की archive।