Meaning of RESERVOIR
| Pronunciation: | | 'rezur`vwar
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- [n] tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)
- [n] lake used to store water for community use
- [n] a large or extra supply of something; "a reservoir of talent"
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| | Synonyms: | | artificial lake |
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| | See Also: | | cistern, lake, storage tank, sump, supply, tank, water, water supply, water system, water tower | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Res"er*voir`\ (r[e^]z"[~e]r*vw[^o]r`; 277), n. [F.
r['e]servoir, fr. LL. reservatorium. See {Reservatory}.]
1. 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.
2. (Bot.) A small intercellular space, often containing
resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
{Receiving reservoir} (Water Works), a principal reservoir
into which an aqueduct or rising main delivers water, and
from which a distributing reservoir draws its supply.
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a filled reservoir in your dream, symbolizes stored up or repressed emotions. Seeing an empty reservoir in your dream indicates that you have expended all your energy and emotions on others. |
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- In epidemiology, the organism or environment that normally harbors a pathogen.
- Man-made body of water created by the damming, or the backing-up, of a river.
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