depot.

1. A place where supplies, goods, or equipment are stored or distributed.

2. A station, terminal, or base where transport vehicles are kept or serviced.

3. A military center used for receiving, training, or administering personnel.

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Words that belong together

• supply depot
• storage depot

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Supplies arrived at the depot.

The storage depot stood beside the road.

The team collected equipment from the depot.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular depot; plural depots. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.