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Webster 1913 Edition


Reservoir

Res′er-voirˊ

(rĕz′ẽr-vwôrˊ; 277)
,
Noun.
[F.
réservoir
, 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reservoir

RESERVOIR'

,
Noun.
A place where any thing is kept in store, particularly 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 and the like; a cistern; a mill-pond; a bason.

Definition 2024


Reservoir

Reservoir

See also: reservoir and réservoir

German

Noun

Reservoir n (genitive Reservoirs, plural Reservoire)

  1. reservoir

Synonyms

reservoir

reservoir

See also: Reservoir and réservoir

English

Noun

reservoir (plural reservoirs)

  1. A place where anything is kept in store
  2. A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
  3. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
  4. A supply or source of something.
    • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
      Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
  5. A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.

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  1. Online Etymology Dictionary – Reservoir