depot
Where trains wait
A depot is a storage facility or distribution center—a place where goods or vehicles are kept until needed: a bus depot, a freight depot.
In military usage, it's where supplies and equipment are stockpiled.
In American English, depot also means a train station, especially a smaller one: We waited at the depot for the 5:15.
Supporting bottom structure
- fortDefensive military installation
- garrisonStationed military force
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- armoryMilitary weapons storehouse
outpost · headquarters · command · bunker · battalion · stockade · fortification · quartermaster
Fixed stopping point
- terminalAt the endpoint
- platformRaised flat structure
- trainRail vehicle or instruct
- busLarge passenger vehicle
subway · metro · commuter · railway · passenger · arrival · departure · ticketing
Space for keeping goods
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- goodsThings for sale
merchandise · loading · shipping · receiving · forklift · pallets · racks · shelves
Point where things meet
- centerMiddle of anything
- nodeConnection point in networks
- networkInterconnected system
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
nexus · central · convergence · gateway · interchange · relay · connection · transfer
base
Supporting bottom structure
- fortDefensive military installation
- garrisonStationed military force
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
armory · outpost · headquarters · command · bunker · battalion · stockade · fortification · quartermaster · encampment
station
Fixed stopping point
bus · subway · metro · commuter · railway · passenger · arrival · departure · ticketing · schedule
storage
Space for keeping goods
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
goods · merchandise · loading · shipping · receiving · forklift · pallets · racks · shelves · containers
junction
Point where things meet
crossroads · nexus · central · convergence · gateway · interchange · relay · connection · transfer · routing
- French Loanwordsa la carte, ballet, a la mode, au revoir, bon appetit
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- public transitbus, train, subway, metro, tram
- deliverycourier, mail, parcel post, postal service, parcel service
- depotswarehouse, storehouse
- stationsstation house, base station, train station, bus station, metro station
depotwhistle stop
Small rural station
endpoint · waypoint · delivery point · flag stop · outpost
- security depositRefundable tenant payment upfront
- direct depositFunds sent to account automatically
- safe deposit boxRented secure bank compartment
- bank depositMoney entrusted to institution
- safety deposit boxSecured rental storage container
- Home DepotNational hardware retailer