"Home Depot" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: The common noun follows from the proper noun. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Home Depot}} Home Depot
  1. A chain of home improvement warehouse stores which offer large quantities of raw materials and tools.
    Sense id: en-Home_Depot-en-name-UnB5A-DX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18

Noun

Forms: Home Depots [plural]
Etymology: The common noun follows from the proper noun. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Home Depot}} Home Depot (plural Home Depots)
  1. (by extension) A place where a shopper can find everything related to a particular field. Tags: broadly Related terms: category killer Translations (shop for everything in a particular field): kodintavaratalo (Finnish), tavaratalo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-Home_Depot-en-noun-Alhm8Db~

Inflected forms

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