Reservoir : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Reservoir	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Reservoir
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reservoir n a large or extra supply of something; "a reservoir of talent" lake used to store water for community use Synonym(s): reservoir, artificial lake, man-made lake tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil) 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" Synonym(s): reservoir, source
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reservoir \Res"ervoir`\ (r[ecr]z"[etil]rvw[ocir]r`; 277), n. [F. r[82]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.