Definitions for entrepot

entrepot en·tre·pôt

Spelling: [ahn-truh-poh; French ahn-tr<
IPA: /ˈɑn trəˌpoʊ; French ɑ̃ trəˈpoʊ/

Entrepot is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 192 anagrams from letters in entrepot (eenoprtt).

Definitions for entrepot

noun

  1. a warehouse.
  2. a commercial center where goods are received for distribution, transshipment, or repackaging.

Origin of entrepot

1715-25; French, equivalent to entre inter- + pôt Latin positum, noun use of neuter past participle of pōnere to put, place (modeled on dépôt d

Examples for entrepot

Besides, the right of entrepot is a perfect substitute for the right of free port.

The physical resources of this region are of such a nature and variety as to make Mackinaw city the entrepot of a vast commerce.

New Orleans now is what the Havana once was—the entrepot of the Mexican trade, and the recipient of its mineral wealth.

Sacramento City had been laid out, lots were being rapidly sold, and the town was being built up as an entrepot to the mines.

Northern Illinois filled rapidly with a thrifty farming population, and the town of Chicago became an entrepot.

That we have a right to some spot as an entrepot for our commerce, may be at once affirmed.

Before long, however, this great central mart became an entrepot for ocean traffic.

From the situation of the country, the city of New Orleans had been our channel and entrepot for everything, going and returning.

Bonding and entrepot facilities, on a scale commensurate with local needs, now satisfy trade requirements.

Word Value for entrepot
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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