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reservoir |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reservoir \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: reservoir n 1: a large or extra supply of something: "a reservoir of talent" 2: a lake used to store water for community use [syn: {artificial lake}] 3: a tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)
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