supply depots
Military provision warehouses
Supply depots are facilities where military or organizational supplies are stored and distributed.
The term appears most often in military contexts, where depots serve as staging points for equipment, ammunition, food, and other materiel: Enemy aircraft targeted the supply depots behind the front lines.
The phrase also appears in logistics and gaming contexts.
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
- loading dockRaised platform for freight
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- procurementObtaining goods externally
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supply depotsretail stores
Consumer-facing sales establishments
retail outlets · shopping centers · boutiques · showrooms · marketplaces
supply depotsfront lines
Active battle area
combat zones · forward positions · battlefronts · firing lines · disposal sites
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