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Noun: depot  de-pow or dee-pow [N. Amer], de-pow [Brit]
  1. Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
    "Passengers hurried through the busy bus depot to catch their connections";
    - terminal, terminus
     
  2. A depository for goods
    "depots were built close to the docks";
    - storehouse, entrepot, storage, store
     
  3. A place where military recruits are assembled or trained before being sent to active units
    "The new soldiers spent six weeks at the training depot"

Derived forms: depots

Type of: deposit, depositary, depository, repository, station

Part of: transit [N. Amer], transportation, transportation system

Encyclopedia: Depot