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Reservoir : (noun)
1: a large or extra supply of something; "a reservoir of
talent"
2: lake used to store water for community use [syn: artificial
lake]
3: tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or
oil)
4: 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"
[syn: source]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Reservoir : \Res"er*voir`\ (r[e^]z"[~e]r*vw[^o]r`; 277), n. [F.
r['e]servoir, fr. LL. reservatorium. See Reservatory.]
1. 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. (Bot.) A small intercellular space, often containing
resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
Receiving reservoir (Water Works), a principal reservoir
into which an aqueduct or rising main delivers water, and
from which a distributing reservoir draws its supply.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Reservoir : Reservoir: 1. A place where something such as water is kept in reserve.
2. The part of a device in which something is kept in reserve or stored, as an Reservoir of
infection .
Based on the French reservoir, from reserver meaning to reserve.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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