reservoir

res·er·voir  (rzr-vwär, -vwôr, -vôr)

n.

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 good will.

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

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

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reservoir

Noun

1. a natural or artificial lake for storing water for community use

2. a large supply of something: a vast reservoir of youthful enthusiasm [French réservoir]

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reservoir  (rzr-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.

3. An organism that is the host for a parasitic pathogen or that directly or indirectly transmits a pathogen to which it is immune.

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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.

Thesaurus

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

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reservoir

noun 1. lake, pond, basin

noun 2. repository, store, tank, holder, container, receptacle

noun 3. store, stock, source, supply, reserves, fund, pool, accumulation, stockpile

Translations

reservoir [ˈrɛzəvwɑːʳ] n (= artificial lake) → embalse m; represa;

(small) → depósito

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reservoir [ˈrɛzəvwɑːʳ] n → réservoir m

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reservoir [ˈrɛzəvwɑːʳ] n (lit, fig) → Reservoir nt

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reservoir [ˈrɛzəvwɑːʳ] n → serbatoio (= artificial lake); bacino idrico

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reservoir

n reservoir [ˈrezəvwaː]

a place, usually a man-made lake, where water for drinking etc is stored. reservoir خَزّان، صِهْريج водохранилище rezervoár, nádrž; zásobárna reservoir das Wasserreservoir δεξαμενή embalse, depósito reservuaar آب انبار؛ منبع ۀب tekojärvi réservoir מַאֲגָר जलाशय rezervoar gyűjtőmedence waduk vatnsþró serbatoio, cisterna 貯水池 저수지, 저수조 rezervuaras rezervuārs kawasan takungan air reservoir magasin, basseng zbiornik reservatório lac de acumulare водохранилище rezervoár zbiralnik rezervoar vattenreservoar อ่างเก็บน้ำ su deposu, bent 水庫，蓄水池 водосховище; водойма حوض hồ nhân tạo 水库，蓄水池