Thesaurus results for DEPOT

depot

noun

ˈde-(ˌ)pō

Definition of depot

as in warehouse

a building for storing goods a distribution depot for auto parts

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as in armory

a place where military arms are stored the guns and ammunition were stored in a depot in Concord

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Recent Examples of depot That campaign has expanded in recent weeks to include warehouses, trains, data centers, medical depots and steel factories and comes on top of an intense assault on Ukraine’s power grid that Russia plans to escalate this winter. — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026 Additionally, container shortages have been reported at inland container depots across northern India. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026 These Starship tankers would carry propellant to lunar orbit, where each would rendezvous with, dock to and transfer propellant to a storage depot. — Sven Bilén, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026 Ukraine's long-range drones have repeatedly targeted Russian fuel depots and industrial plants that are a mainstay of Moscow's economy and war effort. — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for depot

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That information isn’t housed in a database, data warehouse or data lake.

— Dean Leavitt, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Our product managers go to the customer’s warehouse and watch the real operation.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of warehouse

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Zeughauskeller, set inside a former armory, is another classic spot that serves Swiss staples like rösti.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
Now, officers can enjoy the convenience of the new headquarters’ training facilities, including an armory and a 50-yard gun range with shooting targets that can move around and enough space to bring in cars to train for different scenarios.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

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That's more in line with tasks that use multipage documents, code repositories, or scientific datasets.

— Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Perhaps the biggest vote of confidence has been Nvidia’s acquisition of Hugging Face, a repository of open-source AI models that has become as integral to developers’ processes as GitHub.

— Kevin Cochrane, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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