depot

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

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.
      [1913 Webster]

            The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present
            the great depots of this kingdom.     --Brit. Critic
                                                  (1794).
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
          [1913 Webster]

   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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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