Word Meanings - DEPOT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A place of deposit storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse. The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present the great depots of this kingdom. Brit Critic . A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are

Additional info about word: DEPOT

1. A place of deposit storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse. The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present the great depots of this kingdom. Brit Critic . A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled. The headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are recieved 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 passenges or freight. Syn. -- See Station.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DEPOT)

• Storehouse
• Warehouse
• repository
• treasury
• depot
• magazine

Related words: (words related to DEPOT)

• WAREHOUSE
  A storehouse for wares, or goods. Addison.
• MAGAZINE CAMERA
  A camera in which a number of plates can be exposed without reloading.
• TREASURY STOCK
  Issued stock of an incorporated company held by the company itself.
• REPOSITORY
  A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository. Locke.
• DEPOT
  1. A place of deposit storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse. The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present the great depots of this kingdom. Brit Critic . A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are
• MAGAZINE
  almagacen; all fr. Ar. makhzan, almakhzan, a storehouse, granary, or 1. A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. "Armories and magazines." Milton. 2. The building or room in which
• STOREHOUSE
  1. A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse. Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto Egyptians. Gen. xli.
• MAGAZINER
  One who edits or writes for a magazine. Goldsmith.
• TREASURY
  1. A place or building in which stores of wealth are deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government; hence, also, the place of deposit and disbursement
• WAREHOUSEMAN
  1. One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store. 2. One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods. Warehouseman's itch , a form of eczema occurring on the back of the hands
• SUBTREASURY
  A subordinate treasury, or place of deposit; as, the United States subtreasury at New York.