depot UK /ˈdɛpəʊ/US /ˈdiːpoʊ/ noun8 •A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.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 •A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service. •A place for the storage, servicing, or upgrade of military hardware. •(US) A bus station or railway station. •A bolus of medication that remains sequestered in some particular site within the body, often intradermally, from which it is gradually absorbed. •A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units. •The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service. •The tableau: the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games. formsdepots