Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: depot
IPA transcription: [d'ipoʊ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: terminal, terminus, depot
    Meaning: station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
Usage examples
  • Brother Sam is going to meet me at the depot there.
  • We don't know our distance from the depot, but imagine about 20 miles.
  • This has brought us to our Southern Depot, and we pick up 4 days' food.
  • I am going to see them safe at Chataldja, or whatever they call the artillery depot.'
  • [At this point the bearings of the mid-glacier depot are given, but need not be quoted.]
  • We cannot be more than 10 or 12 miles from the depot, but the weather is all against us.
  • However, it's early days to decide such matters, and we shall learn much on the depot journey.
  • When I came back to the depot, Mr. Roberts was there, and insisted on carrying my satchel for me.
  • Egerton was at the depot, but could get neither a word with Elsie, nor so much as a sight of her face.
  • Everything looks hopeful for the depot journey if only we can get our stores and ponies past the Glacier Tongue.