Definition of "depot" in английский

noun

1. A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.

   • Near-synonyms: depository, repository

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.

   • depot injection

8. (card games) The tableau: the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.