depot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
A bus station or railway station.
A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
A place for the storage, servicing, or upgrade of military hardware.
The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.
A bolus of medication that remains sequestered in some particular site within the body, often intradermally, from which it is gradually absorbed.
The tableau: the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.

/ˈdɛpəʊ/ /ˈdiːpoʊ/ /ˈdepɐʉ/ en-us-depot.ogg

depot depots dépôt

From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, participle of dēpōnō, dēpōnere. Doublet of deposit.

depository repository

deposit entrepôt entrepot posit position reposit

accountable depot dumpling-depot motive power depot NADEP nondepot replacement depot repo depot sub-depot subdepot supply depot Susquehanna Depot

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