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[dee-poh; Mil. or Brit. dep-oh] 
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| Main Entry: |
depot
[dee-poh; Mil. or Brit. dep-oh]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage place; station |
| Synonyms: | annex, armory, base, depository, destination, garage, halting-place, haven, junction, loft, lot, magazine, office, repository, stopping-place, store, storehouse, storeroom, terminal, terminus, waiting room, warehouse, yard |
| Main Entry: | arsenal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage of weapons |
| Synonyms: | armory, depository, depot, dump, factory, magazine, ordnance, plant, repository, stock, stockpile, store, storehouse, supply, warehouse |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | headquarters |
| Synonyms: | camp, center, depot, dock, field, garrison, hangar, harbor, home, port, post, settlement, site, starting point, station, strip, terminal |
| Antonyms: | annex, branch |
| Main Entry: | depository |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage place |
| Synonyms: | archive, arsenal, bank, bunker, cache, collection, depot, gallery, magazine, museum, repertory, repository, safe, safe-deposit box, store, storehouse, tomb, vault, warehouse |
| Notes: | depository and repository are basically synonymous, but there are special senses like a bank's (night) depository and a sepulchre as a repository |
| Main Entry: | dump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | junkyard |
| Synonyms: | ash heap, cesspool, depot, dumping ground, garbage lot, junk pile, magazine, refuse heap, rubbish pile, swamp |
| Main Entry: | landfill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dump |
| Synonyms: | ash heap, depot, disposal area, dumping ground, garbage lot, hazardous waste dump, junk pile, junkyard, recycling station, refuse heap, rubbish pile, toxic waste site, transfer station |
| Main Entry: | magazine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arsenal of weapons |
| Synonyms: | ammunition dump, armory, cache, depository, depot, munitions dump, repertory, repository, store, storehouse, warehouse |
| Main Entry: | repertory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection |
| Synonyms: | bit, cache, depot, list, range, rep, repertoire, repository, routine, schtick, stock, stockroom, store, storehouse, stunt, supply |
| Main Entry: | repository |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warehouse |
| Synonyms: | archive, depository, depot, magazine, safe, stockroom, storage place, store room, storehouse, vault |
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