Reservoir

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A natural or artificial pond or lake used for the storage and regulation of water.
  • n. A receptacle or chamber for storing a fluid.
  • n. An underground accumulation of petroleum or natural gas.
  • n. Anatomy See cisterna.
  • n. A large or extra supply; a reserve: a reservoir of good will.
  • n. Medicine An organism or a population that directly or indirectly transmits a pathogen while being virtually immune to its effects.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts.
  • n. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
  • n. A supply or source of something.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like.
  • n. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
  • n. a large quantity of infectious microorganisms resident in animals other than man, potentially capable of being transmitted to humans.
  • n. a large quantity of infectious microorganisms or parasites resident in animals other than man, potentially capable of being transmitted to humans; especially, such organisms in animals where they do little or no harm to the host.
  • n. a large supply or stock of anything which may be rapidly put to use; a reserve.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A place where anything is kept in store: usually applied to a large receptacle for fluids or liquids, as gases or oils.
  • n. Specifically A place where water collects naturally or is stored for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city, or for any other purpose.
  • n. In anatomy, a receptacle. See receptaculum.
  • n. In botany:
  • n. One of the passages or cavities found in many plant-tissues, in which are secreted and stored resins, oils, mucilage, etc. More frequently called receptacle.
  • n. A seed or any organ of a plant in whieh. surplus assimilated matter (reserve material) is stored up for subsequent use.
  • To furnish with a reservoir; also, to collect and store in a reservoir.
  • n. In organ-building, same as storage-bellows. See bellows, 3, and organ, 6.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. lake used to store water for community use
  • n. tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)
  • n. a large or extra supply of something
  • n. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    supply    thing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reserve    receiver    receptacle    basin    tank    standpipe    water back    lodge    fountain    font   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tank    drain    pump    cylinder    dam    Wells    fountain    canal    container    inlet