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   depot

   /ˈdɛpəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a place for the storage of large quantities of equipment, food, or goods: "an arms depot" Similar storehousewarehousestorestorage placestoring placerepositorydepositorycachearsenalmagazinearmouryammunition dumpordnance depotarchaic:garner
   • 2. a place where buses, trains, or other vehicles are housed and maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
   • ▪ a railway or bus station. North American Similar terminalterminusstationgaragebus stationcoach stationrailway stationtrain stationheadquartersbase
   • 3. a place where recruits are trained or other troops are assembled: "only conscripts who lived near a training depot had permission to commute to it"

   Word Origin late 18th century (in the sense ‘act of depositing’): from French dépôt, from Latin depositum ‘something deposited’ (see deposit).

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