reservoir

Syllables: re·ser·voirUK/ˈɹɛz.ə.vwɑː//ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vwɑɹ/

reservoir noun: a place where anything is kept in store.

Noun

reservoir (plural reservoirs)

A place where anything is kept in store.
- Notwithstanding the way in which she had, in what she termed "the delicacy of her feelings," contrived to pour the receipts of the fancy fair into one reservoir, the duke and several other persons complimented Lady Anne very much on the superior beauty and value of her articles,...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 226
- The vehicle is fitted with Westinghouse electro-pneumatic brake, and also a Northey exhauster with vacuum chamber and auxiliary reservoir adjacent to the guard's compartment for use when hauling vehicles equipped with vacuum brake gear.1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 661
A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.

Synonyms:

conservatory
A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
A supply or source of something.
- To replace them and also to provide a reservoir for relief trains, a certain amount of spare stock must be kept on hand.1962 September, Warren Smith, “The problems of coaching stock rostering and operation”, in Modern Railways, page 200
- The goal is to draw on reservoirs of strength that defy rational thought, so you can wrench your poor, obsessed spirit away from work and orient it toward stuff that matters.2007 November, Gil Schwartz, “Escape from the job monster”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 122
A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.
- Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir...2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193
A "black box" component that receives an input signal to be read out and mapped by another process, as part of reservoir computing.

Verb

reservoir (third-person singular simple present reservoirs, present participle reservoiring, simple past and past participle reservoired)

(transitive) To store or keep (something) in or as in a reservoir.

Proper noun capitalized: Reservoir

Reservoir

A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Darebin, Victoria, Australia

reservoir meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

reservoir in Hindi

place where anything is kept in store: कोश koś
large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply: जलाशय jalāśay, हौज़ hauz

reservoir in Tamil

தேக்கம், நீர்த்தேக்கம், அணைக்கட்டு, நீர்த்தேக்கத் தொட்டி, கொள்கலன், மூலம்

reservoir in Marathi

place where anything is kept in store: कोठी koṭhī
large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply: जलाशय jalāśay

reservoir in Urdu

large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply: حَوض hauz

More languagesFewer languages

reservoir in Bengali: আধার, ভাঁডার
reservoir in Telugu: జలాశయము jalāśayamu
reservoir in Malayalam: ആഴി āḻi
reservoir in Kannada: ಜಲಾಶಯ, ಕೆರೆ, ಕೊಳ, ಕಟ್ಟೆ
reservoir in Punjabi: حوض ḥauẓ
reservoir in Odia: ଜଳଭଣ୍ଡାର
reservoir in Sanskrit: आधार ādhārá
reservoir in Assamese: গোলা güla
reservoir in Pashto: حوض, آبخانە ābxāna, اود awd
reservoir in Arabic: حَوْض ḥawḍ, جَابِيَة jābiya, خَزَّان ḵazzān, فِنْطَاس finṭās
reservoir in Malay: takungan
reservoir in Indonesian: penampungan, reservoir, waduk, takungan
reservoir in Thai: อ่างเก็บน้ำ àang-gèp-náam
reservoir in Vietnamese: kho, hồ chứa nước

Examples of reservoir in a sentence

Within a printer cartridge, ink is typically stored in an ink reservoir and is deposited onto media through a print head.2013, Siloxanes—Advances in Research and Application, page 42:
A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:

All 40 example sentences with reservoir

Synonyms of reservoir

conservatory

Forms of reservoir

Noun
plural	reservoirs
Verb
third-person singular present	reservoirs
present participle	reservoiring
past participle	reservoired
past	reservoired

Plural of reservoir: reservoirs

Origin of reservoir

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

Words formed from reservoir

Phrases with reservoir

Questions about reservoir

What does reservoir mean?: Reservoir means a place where anything is kept in store.
What is reservoir in Hindi?: Reservoir in Hindi is कोश (koś), जलाशय (jalāśay), हौज़ (hauz). See Reservoir meaning in Hindi.
How do you use reservoir in a sentence?: Within a printer cartridge, ink is typically stored in an ink reservoir and is deposited onto media through a print head.
What part of speech is reservoir?: Reservoir can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce reservoir?: Reservoir is pronounced /ˈɹɛz.ə.vwɑː/ (UK).
What is the plural of reservoir?: The plural of reservoir is reservoirs.

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