entrepot

Plural: entrepots

Noun

• A port, city, or trading post where goods are stored.
• 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"
• a depository for goods
• Alternative spelling of entrepôt.

Examples

• The middle of the Words With Friends board became an entrepot of tiles, awaiting strategic plays.

Synonyms

depot, storage, store, storehouse, transshipment center