Depot
['depəʊ] or ['dipo]
Definition
(n.) A place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse.
(n.) A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled.
(n.) The headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are received 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.
(n.) A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight.
Inputed by Hannibal
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Depository, storehouse, warehouse.[2]. Station (of a railway), station-house, railway station.
Inputed by Dustin
Definition
n. a place of deposit: a storehouse: a military station where stores are kept and recruits trained: the headquarters of a regiment: the portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service: (U.S.) a railway station.
Edited by Josie
Examples
- When I came back to the depot, Mr. Roberts was there, and insisted on carrying my satchel for me. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I had supplies sent around to White House for him, and kept the depot there open until he arrived. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We went to the railroad depot, toward evening, and Ferguson got tickets for a second-class carriage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- White House up to this time had been a depot; but now that our troops were all on the James River, it was no longer wanted as a store of supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Then suddenly pointing to a weather-vane on the freight depot, he pulled out a Colt revolver and fired through the window, hitting the vane. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- What excellent order they kept about that vast depot! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I had established a depot of supplies at Perkins' plantation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They examined my baggage at the depot. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- McPherson was at Hard Times with a portion of his corps, and the depot was protected by a part of his command. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He will get on to Paris, mark down our luggage, and wait for two days at the depot. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- After breaking up the depot at that place, he moved to the James River, which he reached safely after heavy fighting. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They consumed theirs at the depots. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She had flirted with all the marriageable officers whom the depots of her country afforded, and all the bachelor squires who seemed eligible. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The service for which this car is intended is primarily to guard railroads and depots adjacent to railroads. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Their warehouses were the great distributing depots from whence the costly merchandise of the East was sent abroad over Europe. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checked by Lemuel