Meaning

6 senses
  1. A place where anything is kept in store.

    Reservoir, Behälter, Behältnis

    резервуа́рrezervuár, храни́лищеxranílišče

    резервуа́рrezervuár, схо́вищеsxóvyšče

  2. A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.

    Stausee

    водохрани́лищеvodoxranílišče, водоёмvodojóm

    водосхо́вищеvodosxóvyšče, водо́ймаvodójma, водо́ймищеvodójmyšče

    lake used to store water for community use; a lake (natural or artificial) used to store water and used as a source of water

  3. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.

  4. A supply or source of something.

    a large or extra supply of something

  5. A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.

  6. A "black box" component that receives an input signal to be read out and mapped by another process, as part of reservoir computing.

Examples

30 sentences
  1. The reservoir is getting fuller every day.

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  2. There is a reservoir near my house.

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  3. The town is supplied with water from a reservoir in the hills.

    ruВодохранилище на холмах снабжает город водой.

    deDie Stadt wird durch ein Wasserreservoir in den Bergen mit Wasser versorgt.

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  4. This reservoir is very deep.

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  5. The reservoir is full of water.

    ruВодохранилище заполнено водой.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
place where anything is kept in store:
large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply:
Русский
By meaning 2
place where anything is kept in store:
large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
place where anything is kept in store:
large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply:

Origin

From French réservoir (“collection place”) (fig.), réservoir (“storehouse”) (lit.). in tur

From French réservoir (“collection place”) (fig.), réservoir (“storehouse”) (lit.). in turn from French réserver (“to reserve, keep”).

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Forms

plural: reservoirs
Singularreservoir
Pluralreservoirs

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • lake used to store water for community use; a lake (natural or artificial) used to store water and used as a source of water:artificial lakeman-made lake
  • anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies:source

Word family

10 related words

See also

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