/dee"poh/ ; Mil. or Brit. /dep"oh/ , n.
1. a railroad station.
2. a bus station.
3. Mil.
a. a place in which supplies and materials are stored for distribution.
b. (formerly) a place where recruits are assembled for classification, initial training, and assignment to active units.
4. a storehouse or warehouse, as a building where freight is deposited.
5. Physiol. a place where body products not actively involved in metabolic processes are accumulated, deposited, or stored.
[ 1785-95; dépot depositum, n. use of neut. of depositus; see DEPOSIT ]
Syn. 1, 2. terminal.