Depot (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a railroad station.
  2. a bus station.
  3. Military.
    • a place in which supplies and materials are stored for distribution.
    • (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. a place where body products not actively involved in metabolic processes are accumulated, deposited, or stored.
noun
  1. a storehouse or warehouse
  2. military
    • a store for supplies
    • a training and holding centre for recruits and replacements
  3. a building used for the storage and servicing of buses or railway engines
  4. US and Canadian
    • a bus or railway station
    • (as modifier)
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
Depot (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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