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res·er·voir

(rĕz′ər-vwär′, -vwôr′, -vôr′)

1. A natural or artificial pond or lake used for the storage and regulation of water.

2. A receptacle or chamber for storing a fluid.

3. An underground accumulation of petroleum or natural gas.

4. Anatomy See cisterna.

5. A large or extra supply; a reserve: a reservoir of goodwill.

6. Medicine An organism or population that directly or indirectly transmits a pathogen while being virtually immune to its effects.

[French réservoir, from réserver, to reserve, from Old French reserver; see reserve.]

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reservoir

(ˈrɛzəˌvwɑː)

1. (Civil Engineering) a natural or artificial lake or large tank used for collecting and storing water, esp for community water supplies or irrigation

2. a receptacle for storing gas, esp one attached to a stove

3. (Biology) biology a vacuole or cavity in an organism, containing a secretion or some other fluid

4. (Anatomy) anatomy another name for cisterna

5. a place where a great stock of anything is accumulated

6. a large supply of something; reserve: a reservoir of talent.

[C17: from French réservoir, from réserver to reserve]

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res•er•voir

(ˈrɛz ərˌvwɑr, -ˌvwɔr, -ˌvɔr, ˈrɛz ə-)

n.

1. a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use, esp. water to supply a community or region.

2. a receptacle or chamber for holding a liquid or fluid.

3. a body of porous, permeable rock in which a pool of oil or gas has accumulated.

4. Anat. a cavity or part that holds some fluid or secretion.

5. a place where anything is collected or accumulated in great amount.

6. a large or extra supply or stock; reserve.

[1680–90; < French réservoir=réserv(er) to reserve + -oir -ory²]

res·er·voir

(rĕz′ər-vwär′)

1. A natural or artificial pond or lake used for the storage of water.

2. An underground mass of rock or sediment that is porous and permeable enough to allow oil or natural gas to accumulate in it.

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Reservoir

a store; a collection; a reserve.

Examples: reservoir of important facts, 1837; of means, 1784; of nourishment, 1813; of water, 1708.

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Noun	1.	reservoir - a large or extra supply of something; "a reservoir of talent" supply - an amount of something available for use
	2.	reservoir - lake used to store water for community use artificial lake, man-made lake water supply, water system, water - a facility that provides a source of water; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water" lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
	3.	reservoir - tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil) cistern - an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater sump - an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine storage tank, tank - a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids water tower - a large reservoir for water
	4.	reservoir - anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies; "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival" source thing - a separate and self-contained entity

reservoir

noun

1. lake, pond, basin Torrents of water gushed into the reservoir.

2. repository, store, tank, holder, container, receptacle It was on his desk next to the ink reservoir.

3. store, stock, source, supply, reserves, fund, pool, accumulation, stockpile the body's short-term reservoir of energy

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reservoir

noun

A supply stored or hidden for future use:

backlog, cache, hoard, inventory, nest egg, reserve, stock, stockpile, store, treasure.

Slang: stash.

Translations

خَزَّانخَزّان، صِهْريج

nádržpřehradní nádržrezervoárzásobárna

reservoir

Reservoir Stausee Wasserreservoir

δεξαμενή

embalse presa represa depósito

tekojärvi

réservoir bol citerne

rezervoar

gyûjtõmedence

vatnsòró

bacino idrico cisterna lago artificiale riserva serbatoio

貯水池

저수지

rezervuaras

водоём водохранилище резервуар

zbiralnik

reservoar

ที่เก็บน้ำ

su deposubent

hồ chứa nước

水库蓄水池

reservoir

[ˈrezəvwɑːʳ] N

1. (= lake) → embalse m, represa f (LAm); (= tank) → depósito m
natural underground reservoir → depósito m subterráneo natural

2. (fig) [of strength, experience] → reserva f

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reservoir

[ˈrɛzə^rvwɑː^r] n

(= lake) → réservoir m

[labour, energy, knowledge, experience] → réservoir m

reservoir

n (lit, for water) → Reservoir nt; (for gas) → Speicher m; (fig, of knowledge, facts, talent etc) → Fundgrube f

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reservoir

[ˈrɛzəˌvwɑːʳ] n (artificial lake) → bacino idrico; (tank) → serbatoio

reservoir

(ˈrezəvwaː) noun

a place, usually a man-made lake, where water for drinking etc is stored.

reservoir

→ خَزَّان přehradní nádrž reservoir Reservoir δεξαμενή presa tekojärvi réservoir rezervoar bacino idrico 貯水池 저수지 reservoir reservoar zbiornik reservatório резервуар reservoar ที่เก็บน้ำ su deposu hồ chứa nước 水库

reservoir

n reservorio

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"When I've built that there reservoir on Devil's Spur, and bring the water over the ridge from Union Ditch, there'll be enough to spare for that."

It seemed as if the gold they had taken out was by some ironical compensation gradually making its way back to the soil again through ditch and flume and reservoir.

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The intense heat of the fire is prevented from communicating itself to the deck, by means of a shallow reservoir extending under the entire inclosed surface of the works.

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Really, I knew already the anterior part of this submarine boat, of which this is the exact division, starting from the ship's head: the dining-room, five yards long, separated from the library by a water-tight partition; the library, five yards long; the large drawing-room, ten yards long, separated from the Captain's room by a second water-tight partition; the said room, five yards in length; mine, two and a half yards; and, lastly a reservoir of air, seven and a half yards, that extended to the bows.

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In the Rinkabilly watershed, eighty miles away, he built his reservoir, and for eighty miles the huge wooden conduit carried the water across country to Ophir.

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I do not know what it was originally intended for, but they said it was built for a reservoir. It is situated in the centre of Constantinople.

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"Stopcocks, of which one has an orifice twice the size of the other, communicate between these receptacles and a fourth one, which is called the mixture reservoir, since in it the two gases obtained by the decomposition of the water do really commingle.

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Now, that part of his head which Nature designed for the reservoir of drink being very shallow, a small quantity of liquor overflowed it, and opened the sluices of his heart; so that all the secrets there deposited run out.

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The red men had always considered it a miracle that caused great columns of water to spurt from the solid rock of their reservoir sides to increase the supply of the precious liquid which is so scarce in the outer world of Mars.

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You must go to New Bedford to see a brilliant wedding; for, they say, they have reservoirs of oil in every house, and every night recklessly burn their lengths in spermaceti candles.

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Some minutes before midday the first driblets of metal began to flow; the reservoirs filled little by little; and, by the time that the whole melting was completely accomplished, it was kept in abeyance for a few minutes in order to facilitate the separation of foreign substances.

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The water which supplies the farms of Mars is collected in immense underground reservoirs at either pole from the melting ice caps, and pumped through long conduits to the various populated centers.