Depot

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Depot \De"pot\ (d[=e]"p[-o]; French d[asl]*p[=o]"; 277), n. [F.
     d['e]p[^o]t, OF. depost, fr. L. depositum a deposit. See
     {Deposit}, n.]
     1. A place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse;
        a storehouse.
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              The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present
              the great depots of this kingdom.     --Brit. Critic
                                                    (1794).
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     2. (Mil.)
        (a) A military station where stores and provisions are
            kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled.
        (b) (Eng. & France) The headquarters of a regiment, where
            all supplies are received and distributed, recruits
            are assembled and instructed, infirm or disabled
            soldiers are taken care of, and all the wants of the
            regiment are provided for.
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     3. A railway station; a building for the accommodation and
        protection of railway passengers or freight. [U. S.]
  
     Syn: See {Station}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  depot
       n 1: station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers
            or goods [syn: {terminal}, {terminus}]
       2: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the
          docks" [syn: {storehouse}, {entrepot}, {storage}, {store}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "depot":
     archives, armory, arsenal, attic, bank, basement, bay, bin,
     bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, bunker, buttery, cargo dock,
     cellar, chest, closet, conservatory, crate, crib, cupboard,
     depository, dock, drawer, dump, exchequer, glory hole, godown,
     hold, hutch, library, locker, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin,
     magazine, rack, repertory, repository, reservoir, rick, shelf,
     stack, stack room, stock room, storage, store, storehouse,
     storeroom, supply base, supply depot, tank, terminal, terminus,
     treasure house, treasure room, treasury, vat, vault, warehouse,
     wine cellar