Cistern

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A receptacle for holding water or other liquid, especially a tank for catching and storing rainwater.
  • n. Anatomy A cisterna.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
  • n. In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank.
  • n. A cisterna.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids.
  • n. A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A natural or artificial receptacle or reservoir for holding or storing water or other fluid, most commonly consisting of mason-work sunk in the ground, but sometimes constructed of wood and placed on the tops of houses.
  • n. A vessel made of lead to hold a stock of water for household uses; also, one made of silver, copper, or other metal, to put bottles or glasses in.
  • n. The vessel inclosing the condenser of a condensing steamengine, and containing the injection-water.
  • n. The receptacle into which glass is ladled from the pots to be poured on the table in making plate-glass, or in casting glass; a cuvette.
  • n. In decorative art: A large vessel, generally of pottery or porcelain, shallow in proportion to its length and breadth, and usually oval in plan.
  • n. A tank or receptacle for water, usually hung upon the wall, and serving to give water, by a spigot or tap, for use in washing, etc.: often of faience or of copper, and a very decorative object. Compare fountain in this sense.
  • n. In anatomy, a reservoir or receptacle of some natural fluid of the body.
  • n. In mining, a tank in a deep shaft, serving an upper pump with water from a lower one.
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  • n. an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater
  • n. a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet
  • n. a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    storage tank    tank    sac   
    Cross Reference
    cistern of the cerebrum    cistern of pecquet   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reservoir    tan   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aqueduct    reservoir    vat    faucet    watercourse   
     
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