entrepot

Other forms: entrepots

Definitions of entrepot

1. noun

   a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties
   “Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC”

   synonyms: transshipment center

   type of:

   port

   a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
2. noun

   a depository for goods
   synonyms: depot, storage, store, storehouse

   types:

   dump

   a place where supplies can be stored

   garner, granary

   a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed

   magazine, powder magazine, powder store

   a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored

   railhead

   a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution

   treasure house

   a storehouse for treasures

   storage warehouse, warehouse

   a storehouse for goods and merchandise

   crib

   a bin or granary for storing grains

   godown

   (in India and Malaysia) a warehouse

   type of:

   deposit, depositary, depository, repository

   a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping