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Depot

A place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse.

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Narrower term 6

Cathode 76% connected

The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current p…

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Dump 76% connected

A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

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Garner 76% connected

A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.

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Granary 76% connected

A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornbouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in grain.

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Magazine 76% connected

A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.

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Warehouse 76% connected

A storehouse for wares, or goods.

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Broader term 5

Deposit 76% connected

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich al…

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Depositary 76% connected

One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor.

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Depository 76% connected

A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

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Repository 76% connected

A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository.

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Station 76% connected

The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture.

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Containing whole 2

Transit 70% connected

The act of passing; passage through or over.

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Transportation 70% connected

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.

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Synonym 6

Entrepot 92% connected

A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepot for shipping goods in tra…

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Storage 92% connected

The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.

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Store 92% connected

That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.

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Storehouse 92% connected

A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse.

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Terminal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

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Terminus 92% connected

Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.

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