depot
UK/ˈdɛpəʊ//ˈdiːpoʊ/
depot noun: a storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
Noun
depot (plural depots)
- 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.2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200
- Synonyms:
- depository, repository
- A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
- A 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.
- depot injection
- The tableau: the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.
depot meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
depot in Hindi
- डिपो, डिपू
depot in Tamil
- கிடங்கு, நிலையம், மண்டி, மண்டி கிடங்கு, வைப்பிடம், பண்ட சாலை
depot in Marathi
- डेपो
depot in Urdu
- ذخیرہ
More languagesFewer languages
- depot in Bengali
- ভাণ্ডার, গুদাম, ঘাঁটি
- depot in Telugu
- డిపో, డిపొ, డిపూ
- depot in Malayalam
- സംഭരണശാല, വില്പനശാല, വ്യാപാരശാല, ബസ്
- depot in Kannada
- ಮಳಿಗೆ, ಸಂಗ್ರಹಾಗಾರ, ಉಗ್ರಾಣ, ಕೋಠಿ
- depot in Punjabi
- ਡਿਪੂ, ਡਿੱਪੂ, ਡਿੱਪੋ
- depot in Gujarati
- ડેપો, ડિપો
- depot in Odia
- ଡିପୋ, ଡିପୁ
- depot in Nepali
- डिपो, डिपू
- depot in Arabic
- مَخْزَن maḵzan, مُسْتَوْدَع mustawdaʕ
- depot in Malay
- depoh
- depot in Indonesian
- depot
- depot in Vietnamese
- kho chứa, kho hàng, kho, bến xe
Examples of depot in a sentence
- They sent four batteries southward in an attempt to shore up the defenses around the depot.
- After completing its daily route, the bus returns passengerless to the depot.
- As the train came to a halt at the depot, Anne detrained swiftly and ran toward the river.
Synonyms of depot
Forms of depot
| plural | depots |
|---|---|
| alternative form (rare) | dépôt |
Origin of depot
From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, participle of dēpōnō, dēpōnere. Doublet of deposit.
Words formed from depot
Phrases with depot
Words that rhyme with depot
Questions about depot
- What does depot mean?
- Depot means a storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
- What is depot in Hindi?
- Depot in Hindi is डिपो, डिपू. See Depot meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is depot?
- Depot is a noun.
- How do you pronounce depot?
- Depot is pronounced /ˈdɛpəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of depot?
- The plural of depot is depots.
Words near depot in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: depot (page history and authors); depot (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); depot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); depot (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); depot (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); depot (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); depot (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); depot (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); depot (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); depot (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); depot (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); depot (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); depot (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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