n. 25B6; noun
a thick deposit of ash : ACCUMULATION, sediment; layer, covering, coating, blanket.
a copper deposit : SEAM, vein, lode, layer, stratum, bed.
they paid a deposit : DOWN PAYMENT, advance payment, prepayment, instalment, retainer, stake.
25B6; verb
she deposited her books on the table : PUT (DOWN), place, set (down), unload, rest; drop; informal dump, park, plonk; N. Amer. informal plunk.
the silt deposited by flood water : LEAVE (BEHIND), precipitate, dump; wash up, cast up.
the gold was deposited at the bank : LODGE, bank, house, store, stow, put away; informal stash, squirrel away.