noun · neutral

depot

UK/ˈdiːpəʊ/US/ˈdiːpoʊ/DE·pot

Band 7+speakingtask1task2

a place where vehicles are kept and maintained, such as a bus or train depot

Examples

a bus depot

maintenance depot

rail depot

Band 8 sentence

The city is investing in new depots to improve fleet maintenance and reduce breakdowns.

Collocations

  • bus depot
  • maintenance depot
  • depot manager

Word family

depot noundepots noun (plural)

Common mistakes

write 'depo' or 'depot station'depot

use 'warehouse' for a bus depotdepot

There are many depotThere are many depots

Say it for a higher band

5garage6station7+depot

Synonyms

garage

Easily confused

deposit

The bus depot is just outside the industrial estate.

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