Definitions for reservoir
ˈrɛz ərˌvwɑr, -ˌvwɔr, -ˌvɔr, ˈrɛz ə-reser·voir

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.3 / 3 votes

1. reservoirnoun

   a large or extra supply of something

   "a reservoir of talent"

2. reservoir, artificial lake, man-made lakenoun

   lake used to store water for community use

3. reservoirnoun

   tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)

4. reservoir, sourcenoun

   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"

GCIDERate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Reservoirnoun

   (Med.) A large quantity of infectious microorganisms resident in animals other than man, potentially capable of being transmitted to humans.

2. Reservoirnoun

   (Med.) a large quantity of infectious microorganisms or parasites resident in animals other than man, potentially capable of being transmitted to humans; especially, such organisms in animals where they do little or no harm to the host.

3. Reservoirnoun

   A large supply or stock of anything which may be rapidly put to use; a reserve.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reservoirnoun

   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.

2. reservoirnoun

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

3. reservoirnoun

   A supply or source of something.

4. Etymology: From réservoir, from réserver.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reservoirnoun

   Place where any thing is kept in store.

   Etymology: reservoir, Fr.

   There is not a spring or fountain, but are well provided with huge cisterns and reservoirs of rain and snow-water. Add.

   Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store,
   Sees but a backward steward for the poor;
   This year a reservoir, to keep and spare;
   The next, a fountain spouting through his heir. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Reservoir

   A reservoir (from French réservoir – a "tank") is, most commonly, an enlarged natural or artificial lake, pond or impoundment created using a dam or lock to store water. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of water, interrupting a watercourse to form an embayment within it, through excavation, or building any number of retaining walls or levees. Defined as a storage space for fluids, reservoirs may hold water or gasses, including hydrocarbons. Tank reservoirs store these in ground-level, elevated, or buried tanks. Tank reservoirs for water are also called cisterns. Most underground reservoirs are used to store liquids, principally either water or petroleum, below ground.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reservoir

   A reservoir is a large natural or man-made lake used to store water for various purposes, such as supplying water for urban areas, irrigation, and generating hydroelectric power. It is typically formed by constructing a dam across a river or stream. It can also refer to a place where a large amount of a specific resource or substance is collected or stored.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Reservoirnoun

   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. Reservoirnoun

   a small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter

3. Etymology: [F. rservoir, fr. LL. reservatorium. See Reservatory.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reservoir

   rez′ėr-vwor, n. a place where anything is kept in store: a place where water and other liquids are stored for use.—Also v.t. [Fr.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reservoir

   A specific place where water is controlled, regulated and managed by employees from a form of unity government department.

   There are various water reservoirs throughout various countries to ensure their is a sufficient amount of water for everyone and it is vital it is maintained.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 9, 2020  

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reservoir

   a case or cavity for the storage of any fluid or secretion.

Matched Categories

1. • Lake
   • Supply
   • Tank
   • Thing

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'reservoir' in Nouns Frequency: #2865

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of reservoir in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of reservoir in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of reservoir in a Sentence

1. Gilad Itach:

   It is difficult not to be impressed by the sight of the immense underground reservoir quarried out so many years ago, in antiquity, rainwater collection and storage was a fundamental necessity. With an annual rainfall of 500 millimeters( 20 inches), the region’s winter rains would easily have filled the huge reservoir.

2. Monday Pilenko:

   The price was the right one. Alternatives we discussed revolved around reservoir imaging and not acquisition issues.

3. Chelsea Peters:

   Several years of below-normal snowpack across the Intermountain West mountains that supply the Colorado River Basin will continue to increase the water supply stress, which was already in jeopardy due to population increase, we recently saw this impact reservoir storage and lake levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell. Within the last year, both Lake Powell and Lake Mead have observed their lowest reservoir storage levels in 30 years.

4. Anthony Almojere:

   You have to have a little reservoir of hope, and the pandemic can drain that reservoir.

5. Kevin Thomas:

   Folsom reservoir is low and warm right now, so the water coming down isn't as cold as the fish prefer.

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