depot

Meaning

1. A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
2. A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
3. A bus station or railway station.
4. A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
5. A place for the storage, servicing or upgrade of military hardware.
6. The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.
7. The tableau; the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.

Synonyms

warehouse

storehouse

station

🚉

storage

depository

store

depositary

railway station

🚉

train station

🚉

repository

railroad station

entrepot

terminus

railroad station

railway station

🚉

base

terminal

stock

storeroom

stockroom

deposit

yard

shed

post

reserve

reservoir

roundhouse

shoes

stand

standing

stop

🛑

status

stockpile

stock room

stowage

taxi stand

safe deposit

stop-off

memory

posture

military position

depot installation

keep in storage

station house

armory

bank

🏦

barn

bearing

bunker

cache

capacity

dignity

drive

dump

fund

garner

godown

hangar

holding

inventory

magazine

place

position

provision

railhead

rank

repertory

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɛpəʊ/

Etymology

From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, participle of dēpōnō, dēpōnere. Doublet of deposit.