Meaning

A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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.

depot injection

Word Forms

• depots
• dépôt

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When Should You Use Depot?

Use depot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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