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 depot→depot
There are many depot→There are many depots
Say it for a higher band
5garage→6station→7+depot
Synonyms
garage
Easily confused
deposit
“The bus depot is just outside the industrial estate.”
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