depot
noun
Simple meaning
Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈdipoʊ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
US
Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
“The bus depot was bustling with passengers heading to various destinations.”
A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
us
A bus station or railway station.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- General English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
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This meaning: Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
Used this way, depot is a common word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
“The bus depot was bustling with passengers heading to various destinations.”
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use depot
- “We dropped off the empty cans at the recycling depot.”
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Similar Words, What’s the Difference?
Close in meaning, but not always interchangeable.
Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods.
A depository for goods.
The act of storing goods.
Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A terminal that serves bus passengers.
Terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- freightnoun
- carriagenoun
- warehousenoun
- tramnoun
- maintenancenoun
- locomotivenoun
- passengernoun
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Sense: station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers
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