depot

plural depots · alternative rare dépôt

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

   Near-synonyms: depository, repository

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   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

2. A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
3. USA bus station or railway station.
4. governmentA place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
5. governmentA place for the storage, servicing, or upgrade of military hardware.
6. governmentThe portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.
7. medicineA 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 gamesThe tableau: the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.