Meaning

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

    Near-synonyms: depository, repository

    Depot, Lager, Speicherraum

    ба́заbáza, пакга́узpakgáuz, складsklad

  2. A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.

    station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

  3. (US)A bus station or railway station.

    автовокза́лavtovokzál, депо́dɛpó, ста́нцияstáncija

  4. A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.

    вое́нный ла́герьvojénnyj lágerʹ, уче́бная частьučébnaja častʹ, уче́бно-запасна́я во́инская частьučébno-zapasnája vóinskaja častʹ

  5. A place for the storage, servicing, or upgrade of military hardware.

  6. The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.

  7. 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. The tableau: the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. I bought some in a bolt depot.

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  2. I made a quick visit to the Home Depot.

    Я заскочив на хвильку до Home Depot.

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  3. The shell fell into the ammunition depot, which provoked a series of explosions.

    ruСнаряд попал в склад боеприпасов, что спровоцировало серию взрывов.

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  4. Ziri went to a Home Depot.

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  5. Claudio stopped at a Home Depot and bought a Christmas tree from there.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
warehouse or similar storage facility:
bus or railway station:
military: place where recruits are assembled:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
warehouse or similar storage facility:

Origin

From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, part

From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, participle of dēpōnō, dēpōnere. Doublet of deposit.

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Forms

plural: depots
Singulardepot
Pluraldepots

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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