About The Word Depot

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Depot to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Depot definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Depot

Depot Meaning & Definition
Depot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Depot?

[n] a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"
[n] station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

Synonyms | Synonyms for Depot: entrepot | storage | store | storehouse | terminal | terminus

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | air terminal | airport terminal | bus depot | bus station | bus terminal | cathode | coach station | deposit | depository | garner | granary | magazine | powder magazine | powder store | railhead | railroad station | railroad terminal | railway station | repository | station | storage warehouse | subway station | train depot | train station | transit | transportation | transportation system | treasure house | warehouse

Depot In Webster's Dictionary

\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. The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present the great depots of this kingdom. --Brit. Critic (1794). 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. 3. A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight. [U. S.] Syn: See {Station}.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Untactful ‐ lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate…
  • Three-fourths ‐ three of four equal parts; "three-fourths…
  • Triclinic ‐ (crystallography) having three unequal crystal axes intersecting…
  • Hydrolith ‐ a salt-like binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and…
  • Whip snake ‐ any of several fast-moving North American snakes with long whiplike…
  • Good(p) ‐ feeling healthy and free of aches and pains; "I…
  • Tic ‐ a local and habitual twitching especially…
  • Field line ‐ an imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line…
  • Impale ‐ pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"…
  • Charles louis de secondat ‐ French political philosopher who advocated the separation of…