depot

[dee-poh, dep-oh]

noun

1. a railroad station.

   Synonyms: terminal

2. a bus station.

   Synonyms: terminal

3. Military.

   1. a place in which supplies and materials are stored for distribution.

   2. (formerly) a place where recruits are assembled for classification, initial training, and assignment to active units.

4. a storehouse or warehouse, as a building where freight is deposited.

5. Physiology.,  a place where body products not actively involved in metabolic processes are accumulated, deposited, or stored.

depot

/ ˈdiːpəʊ, ˈdɛpəʊ /

noun

1. a storehouse or warehouse

2. military

   1. a store for supplies

   2. a training and holding centre for recruits and replacements

3. a building used for the storage and servicing of buses or railway engines

4. 1. a bus or railway station

   2. ( as modifier )

      a depot manager

adjective

1. (of a drug or drug dose) designed for gradual release from the site of an injection so as to act over a long period

Other Word Forms

• subdepot noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of depot¹

1785–95; < French dépot < Latin dēpositum, noun use of neuter of dēpositus; deposit

Word History and Origins

Origin of depot¹

C18: from French dépôt, from Latin dēpositum a deposit, trust

Example Sentences

FareShare Sussex & Surrey says it rescues and redistributes surplus food from businesses, supermarkets, manufacturers and farms from its depots in Guildford and Brighton to 248 local organisations across the two counties.

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Sir Keir will visit a Johannesburg depot to see trains that were built in Derby and announce a new deal where the UK will "provide strategic advice and consultancy services" to South Africa's railways.

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Footage obtained by the BBC shows criminals raiding lorries as they make deliveries, breaking into vehicles while they wait in traffic, cutting locks and breaking into depots, and stealing whole trailers packed with goods.

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These include cyber attacks, disinformation campaigns, incendiary devices inserted into cargo depots, surveillance and sometimes sabotage of undersea cables.

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The obelisk is at the edge of Alexandria, near the Ramleh railway depot.

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Related Words

• armory 
• garage 
• store 
• storehouse 
• terminal 
• yard