Definitions for reservoir
reservoir
res·er·voir
Spelling: [rez-er-vwahr, -vwawr, -vawr, rez-uh-]
IPA: /ˈrɛz ərˌvwɑr, -ˌvwɔr, -ˌvɔr, ˈrɛz ə-/
Reservoir is a 9 letter English word.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 153 anagrams from letters in reservoir (eeiorrrsv).
Definitions for reservoir
noun
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a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use, especially water for supplying a community, irrigating land, furnishing power, etc.
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a receptacle or chamber for holding a liquid or fluid.
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Geology. See under pool1 (def 6).
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Biology. a cavity or part that holds some fluid or secretion.
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a place where anything is collected or accumulated in great amount.
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a large or extra supply or stock; reserve:
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a small body of standing water; pond.
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a still, deep place in a stream.
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any small collection of liquid on a surface:
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a puddle.
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swimming pool.
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a subterranean accumulation of oil or gas held in porous and permeable sedimentary rock (reservoir)
adjective
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of or for a pool:
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taking place or occurring around or near a pool:
verb (used with object)
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to cause pools to form in.
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to cause (blood) to form pools.
verb (used without object)
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to form a pool.
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(of blood) to accumulate in a body part or organ.
Origin of reservoir
1680-90; French réservoir, equivalent to réserv(er) to reserve + -oir -ory2
Examples for reservoir
reservoir Dogs did fantastic internationally, so everyone was waiting for my new movie.
After leaving the reservoir we drove through another quarter of the town.
“The reservoir for filovirus has remained a huge mystery,” Bruenn said in 2010.
The animal reservoir for SARS is bats, whereas the reservoir for MERS is primarily camels.
But she was drifting in her blind misery to that reservoir of life, London.
There's a reservoir below into which they drop when the electric circuit is broken.
He finished second in 2008 behind John McCain, and maintains a reservoir of good will among Republican social conservatives.
She speedily descended to the reservoir of water, and filled her pitcher.
The rains have returned to much of the state, but some reservoir levels are still worryingly low.
Could he have siphoned the water from one reservoir to the other?