train depot
3
3.1
- noun
- /treɪn ˈdɛpoʊ/
- US
:
estación de tren
- The train carriages were waiting at the train depot for the passengers to board.
Examples
-
On Saturday, she insisted on going to the train depot with them, and she saw to it that Pansy put their valises exactly where they wanted them, in full view so that no one could steal them.
Fiction book (1991) -
At the Paddington train depot.
-
It's got an old train depot on it.
-
A gentleman at the train depot told me the way to the cable station.
-
The train depot now serves as the Gardiner town library.
Academic text (2018) -
At the core of the village was a "downtown" of several blocks and a small train depot built to resemble a gazebo.
Fiction book (1998) -
I've requested CCTV footage from all of the bus and train depots.
-
The junction consisted of a flat open area with several large storage sheds, a small train depot, and a large dock that jutted into a wide manmade canal.
Fiction book (2001) -
In 1999, the museum became a standalone institution and moved into a renovated train depot originally built as the Yazoo and Mississippi River Valley Railroad Depot, designed to move both passengers and freight.
Academic text (2009) -
Down the hill, at the spot where the road dipped past the old train depot, snow hid the stains that years of diesel abuse had left and put a hearty head on the large wood beer stein that marked the Sleepy Creek Brewery.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
76
3.5
A building where passengers begin or end a journey, for example at an airport
69
1.0
A place where trains stop for people and goods to get on and off
56
4.4
A place where buses and trains stop for people and goods to get on and off
7
1.3
A place where trains stop to pick up and drop off people and goods
5
1.5
A place where trains stop to pick up or drop off people and goods
1
3.4
A station at the end of a train line where trains load or unload people and goods
How Busy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'train' (a series of carriages on rails) with 'depot' (a hub for loading/unloading); 'train depot' simply specifies the type of depot. This straightforward noun-noun composition is common across languages and follows predictable semantic composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Train depot gives a simple picture: a train at a building called a depot, where people and goods are 'loaded' or 'unloaded'. So it means a place or building where trains take on or drop off passengers and freight.