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Webster 1913 Edition
Depot
De′pot
(dē′pō̍; French dā̍-pō′; 277)
, Noun.
1.
A place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse.
The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present the great
depots
of this kingdom. Brit. Critic (1794).
2.
(Mil.)
(a)
A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled.
(b)
(Eng. & France)
The headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are received and distributed, recruits are assembled and instructed, infirm or disabled soldiers are taken care of, and all the wants of the regiment are provided for.
Syn. – See
Station
. Webster 1828 Edition
Depot
DEPOT.
[A french word. See deposit.]Definition 2024
Depot
Depot
German
Noun
Depot n (genitive Depots, plural Depots)
- depot, repository
- (banking) deposit, depository
Declension
depot
depot
English
Noun
depot (plural depots)
- A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
- 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
- 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.
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- (US) A bus or railway station.
- (military) A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
- (military) A storage for military supplies.
- (card games) The tableau; the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.
Translations
warehouse or similar storage facility
bus or railway station
military: place where recruits are assembled
card games — see tableau