depot
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈdɛpoʊ/
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- We arrived at the depot early to catch the bus for our trip.
- train depot
- railroad depot
- design a depot
Examples
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The bus depot is right over there.
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The first images capture activity at the depot, with wagons leaving the city and refugees loading boxcars with their belongings.
Academic text (2011) -
Our dad was Santa outside the bus depot.
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You just make sure everyone else is at the depot.
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Bag just like that one turned up missing from the bus depot.
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Ashley, let me go to the depot with you.
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No hits at the train station, bus depot, or any of the bridges.
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Can you check the lockers at the bus depot, see if they're covered by cameras?
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Passengers for the now-boarding bus shuffled out of the depot and only a few parties remained.
Fiction book (1997) -
The road was flanked by a city bus depot and the sloping roadbed of the Harlem River Drive.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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3.5
A building where passengers begin or end a journey, for example at an airport
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1.0
A place where buses stop and people wait to get on or off
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1.3
A place where trains stop to pick up and drop off people and goods
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1.5
A place where trains stop to pick up or drop off people and goods
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3.1
A place where trains stop to load people or goods
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Etymology
The word depot comes from the French déposer, which means 'to put down' and is the same root as deposit. That idea of 'putting down' people or vehicles explains why a depot is a place where buses or trains stop to load, unload, or wait.