/ˈdɛpəʊ/, /ˈdiːpoʊ/, /ˈdepɐʉ/
OriginFrom French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, participle of dēpōnō, dēpōnere. Doublet of deposit.
- A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
“Near-synonyms: depository, repository”
“Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.”
- A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
- USA 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.
Formsdepots(plural) · dépôt(alternative, rare)