DEPOT
What does "DEPOT" mean?
A place where goods, vehicles, or supplies are stored or where transport services are based.
Meanings
- A storehouse or warehouse for goods, supplies, or military equipment. The relief workers stacked blankets and water at the supply depot.
- A railway or bus station, especially a small one (chiefly North American). We waited at the old train depot until the last car pulled in.
- A place where buses, trains, or trams are kept and maintained. Every night the empty buses return to the depot for cleaning. technical
Word origin
From French 'dépôt' meaning a deposit or store, from Latin 'depositum', a thing laid down or entrusted.
Remember it
DEPOT and 'deposit' share the same Latin root - both mean a place where things are laid down.
A little poem
Everything here is between somewhere and somewhere:
crates that mean cities, engines cooling in rows-
a building whose only purpose is to let things go.
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What it teaches
Some places matter only as a pause: their whole worth is in what they send onward.
Quick facts
What does DEPOT mean?
A place where goods, vehicles, or supplies are stored or where transport services are based.
Is DEPOT a valid word?
Yes — DEPOT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DEPOT?
DEPOT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does DEPOT come from?
From French 'dépôt' meaning a deposit or store, from Latin 'depositum', a thing laid down or entrusted.
What can DEPOT teach us?
Some places matter only as a pause: their whole worth is in what they send onward.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.