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Home Depot

name

Etymology

The common noun follows from the proper noun.

Definitions

  1. A chain of home improvement warehouse stores which offer large quantities of raw…

    A chain of home improvement warehouse stores which offer large quantities of raw materials and tools.

    • My aunt Gracie Juanita could build Tara if you gave her a year and a key to the Home Depot.

  2. A place where a shopper can find everything related to a particular field.

    • She told me her name was Zola, took hold of my elbow, and guided me into the store, which turned out to be a veritable Home Depot for New Agers.
    • The room itself was no larger than an ordinary living room, but it appeared to be a Home Depot of modern weaponry.
    • The media, which bombard us with TV shows, movies, catalogs, ads, and magazines, serve as a kind of Home Depot of personas to draw from and put on.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA