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Definitions for Reservoir

[1] a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use, especially water for supplying a community, irrigating land, furnishing power, etc.
[2] a receptacle or chamber for holding a liquid or fluid.
[3] Geology . See under pool1(def 6) .
[4] Biology . 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: a reservoir of knowledge.
[7] a small body of standing water; pond.
[8] a still, deep place in a stream.
[9] any small collection of liquid on a surface: a pool of blood.
[10] a puddle.
[11] swimming pool.
[12] a subterranean accumulation of oil or gas held in porous and permeable sedimentary rock (reservoir) .
[13] to form a pool.
[14] (of blood) to accumulate in a body part or organ.
[15] to cause pools to form in.
[16] to cause (blood) to form pools.
[17] of or for a pool: pool filters.
[18] taking place or occurring around or near a pool: a pool party.
[19] a natural or artificial lake or large tank used for collecting and storing water, esp for community water supplies or irrigation
[20] a receptacle for storing gas, esp one attached to a stove
[21] biology a vacuole or cavity in an organism, containing a secretion or some other fluid
[22] anatomy another name for cisterna
[23] a place where a great stock of anything is accumulated
[24] a large supply of something; reserve a reservoir of talent
[25] a small body of still water, usually fresh; small pond
[26] a small isolated collection of liquid spilt or poured on a surface; puddle a pool of blood
[27] a deep part of a stream or river where the water runs very slowly
[28] an underground accumulation of oil or gas, usually forming a reservoir in porous sedimentary rock
[29] See swimming pool
[30] any communal combination of resources, funds, etc a typing pool
[31] the combined stakes of the betters in many gambling sports or games; kitty
[32] commerce a group of producers who conspire to establish and maintain output levels and high prices, each member of the group being allocated a maximum quota; price ring
[33] finance , mainly US a joint fund organized by security-holders for speculative or manipulative purposes on financial markets the persons or parties involved in such a combination
[34] any of various billiard games in which the object is to pot all the balls with the cue ball, esp that played with 15 coloured and numbered balls; pocket billiards
[35] to combine (investments, money, interests, etc) into a common fund, as for a joint enterprise
[36] commerce to organize a pool of (enterprises)
[37] Australian informal to inform on or incriminate (someone)

Words related to Reservoir

tank, supply, stockpile, storage, lake, source, container, cistern, pond, basin, pool, reserve, spring, fund, backlog, receptacle, holder, store, stock, tarn

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Origin of Reservoir

pool1before 900; Middle English; Old English pōl; cognate with Dutch poel, German Pfuhl

Word origin for Reservoir

poolC17: from French poule, literally: hen used to signify stakes in a card game, from Medieval Latin pulla hen, from Latin pullus young animal

Synonyms for Reservoir

basin, cistern, container, lake, pond, pool, reserve, source, stockpile, storage, supply, tank, backlog, fund, holder, receptacle, spring, stock, store, tarn, nest egg