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Definition of Depot
1. Noun. Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods.
Specialized synonyms: Air Terminal, Airport Terminal, Bus Depot, Bus Station, Bus Terminal, Coach Station, Cathode, Railroad Station, Railroad Terminal, Railway Station, Train Depot, Train Station, Subway Station
Generic synonyms: Station
Group relationships: Transit, Transportation, Transportation System
2. Noun. A depository for goods. "Storehouses were built close to the docks"
Generic synonyms: Deposit, Depositary, Depository, Repository
Specialized synonyms: Dump, Garner, Granary, Magazine, Powder Magazine, Powder Store, Railhead, Treasure House, Storage Warehouse, Warehouse
Derivative terms: Store
Definition of Depot
1. n. A place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse.
Definition of Depot
1. Noun. a warehouse or similar storage facility ¹
2. Noun. (American English) a bus or railway station ¹
3. Noun. a place where military recruits are assembled before being sent to active units ¹
4. Noun. (rare spelling of depot) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Depot
1. a railroad or bus station [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Depot
Literary usage of Depot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"From the New York city post-office to the Pennsylvania Railroad depot (foot of
Cortlandt street) and back fifty (50) times per week. ..."
2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1899)
"At this depot should be machine and boiler shops, foundry, ... The depot should
be supplied with a marine railway capable of hauling out boats of about 400 ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"The crossing was TO rods to the north of the depot at Newport. Opposite the depot,
the wagon road was 280 feet distant to the west of the depot. ..."
4. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Comments on Union depot and Ferry House; excess in depot sinking fund, etc. ...
Transactions in SF depot sinking fund (AR state treasurer 1898/00: 78-79. ..."
5. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"depot. A railway station. 1836 I arrived at the depot of the Boston and Providence
Railroad. ... 1848 Our victim struck a bee-line for the Providence depot. ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The fourth and fifth and depot battalions remain permanently at the ... The captain
commanding the depot battalion acts as his assistant in these duties. ..."
7. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"In this case the plans and specifications and the size of the depot were agreed
upon both by the Commission and the railroad company, the only controverted ..."
8. Annual Report of the Attorney-general of the United States by United States Dept. of Justice, United States Attorney-General (1892)
"3 , *.21 Parlor car, Cincinnati to Louisville .50 Carnage to depot .50 Railroad
fare, Cincinnati to Louisville 2.75 Porter 25 Carriage from depot to depot ..."
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