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# depot

noun (a depot, depots)

«depot» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A depot is a large building or yard where goods, vehicles or supplies are kept until they are needed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depot/#m1)
2. A depot is a place where buses, trains or trams are parked, cleaned and repaired. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depot/#m2)
3. (US) A depot is a small railway or bus station. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depot/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life a depot is where the buses sleep at night, where parcels wait before delivery, or where the council keeps salt and grit for icy roads. In stories a depot is often a busy or spooky place full of lorries or trains. In maths problems a depot is often the starting point: «trucks leave the depot», «the depot holds 500 boxes». Phrases: bus depot, fuel depot, supply depot, delivery depot, return to the depot.

### Examples

- The buses go back to the depot at midnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depot/#x1)
- Our parcel is waiting at the delivery depot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depot/#x2)
- The army kept food and blankets in a supply depot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depot/#x3)
- Grandpa met Grandma at the old train depot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depot/#x4)
- A lorry leaves the depot with 240 boxes and drops 30 at each shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depot/#x5)
- The council's depot is full of grit for the winter roads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depot/#x6)
- The firefighters drove the engine back to the depot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depot/#x7)
- We waited at the bus depot for the last bus home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depot/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun: a depot, two depots. Say it DEP-oh in the UK and DEE-poh in the USA; the final t is silent. Do not mix it up with «deposit» (money put down). In a maths problem «the depot» is usually where things start or end, so count what leaves and what comes back.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «depot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«depot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/depot.html) on Mova free.