Home Depot

1. 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.

   1997, Rick Bragg, All Over But the Shoutin', page 33

plural Home Depots

1. broadlyA place where a shopper can find everything related to a particular field.

   As such, this building is literally like a Home Depot of services!

   2004, Christopher Eldridge, Conceptual Communal Home Design, page 113

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   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.

   1995, Jane Heller, Crystal Clear, page 85

   The room itself was no larger than an ordinary living room, but it appeared to be a Home Depot of modern weaponry.

   2003, Loren D. Estleman, Something Borrowed, Something Black, page 89

   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.

   2004, Susan Douglas, Meredith W. Michaels, The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and how it Has Undermined Women, page 19

   This is the Home Depot of sex toys sites: It has all the basics, an enormous range of models and styles, and tips on building your own.

   2006, Violet Blue, The Adventurous Couple's Guide to Sex Toys, page 99

   It's almost like a Home Depot model for a church. You go in, get what you need, and leave.

   2006, Andrew Beaujon, Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock, page 113