Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DEPOT
storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store
(noun) a depository for goods; “storehouses were built close to the docks”
terminal, terminus, depot
(noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
depot (plural depots)
A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
(US) A bus station or railway station.
(military) A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
(military) A place for the storage, servicing or upgrade of military hardware.
(military) The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.
(card games) The tableau; the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.
Anagrams
• PEDOT, opted, poted, toped
Source: Wiktionary
De"pot, n. Etym: [F. dépôt, OF. depost, fr. L. depositum a deposit. See Deposit, n.]
1. A place of deposit storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse. The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present the great depots of this kingdom. Brit Critic (1794).
2. (Mil.) (a) A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled. (b) (Eng. & France) The headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are recieved 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.
3. A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passenges or freight. [U. S.]
Syn.
– See Station.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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