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Webster 1913 Edition


Reservatory

Re-serv′a-to-ry

(-t?-r?)
,
Noun.
[LL.
reservatorium
,fr. L.
resservare
. See
Reserve
,
Verb.
T.
, and cf.
Reservior
.]
A place in which things are reserved or kept.
Woodward.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reservatory

RESERV'ATORY

,
Noun.
[from reserve.] A place in which things are reserved or kept.

Definition 2024


reservatory

reservatory

English

Noun

reservatory (plural reservatories)

  1. A place in which things are reserved or kept.
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Adjective

reservatory (not comparable)

  1. reserving something
    a reservatory clause