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reservoir

name · noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɹɛz.ə.vwɑː/
  • US: /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vwɑɹ/
  • US: /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vwɔɹ/
  • US: /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vɔɹ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH1 Z AH0 V W AA2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R EH1 Z ER0 V W AA2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A place where anything is kept in store.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • (obsolete)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conservatory

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A supply or source of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A "black box" component that receives an input signal to be read out and mapped by another process, as part of reservoir computing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tank, storage tank

Narrower terms: cistern, sump, water tower

10

noun

Meaning 10

lake used to store water for community use

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: artificial lake, man-made lake

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lake

Narrower terms: Lake Mead, Lake Powell, Lake Volta

11

noun

Meaning 11

anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: source

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: thing

12

noun

Meaning 12

a large or extra supply of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a reservoir of talent

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supply

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ujëmbledhës — place where anything is kept in store
  • Arabic: حَوْض (ḥawḍ) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Arabic: جَابِيَة (jābiya) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Arabic: خَزَّان (ḵazzān) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Belarusian: рэзервуа́р (rezjervuár) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Belarusian: рэзэрвуа́р (rezervuár) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Belarusian: схо́вішча (sxóvišča) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Bulgarian: резервоа́р (rezervoár) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Bulgarian: склад (sklad) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Bulgarian: хранилище (hranilište) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Chinese Mandarin: 儲備 /储备 (chǔbèi) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Czech: nádrž — place where anything is kept in store
  • Danish: reservoir — place where anything is kept in store
  • Danish: beholder — place where anything is kept in store
  • Dutch: reservoir — place where anything is kept in store
  • Esperanto: rezervujo — place where anything is kept in store
  • Extremaduran: embalsi — place where anything is kept in store
  • Finnish: varasto — place where anything is kept in store
  • French: réservoir — place where anything is kept in store
  • Galician: depósito — place where anything is kept in store
  • Galician: banzado — place where anything is kept in store
  • Galician: vouga — place where anything is kept in store
  • Galician: cisterna — place where anything is kept in store
  • Galician: tanque — place where anything is kept in store
  • Galician: canfurna — place where anything is kept in store
  • Galician: alxibe — place where anything is kept in store
  • Galician: encalco — place where anything is kept in store
  • Galician: tosta — place where anything is kept in store
  • Galician: encoro — place where anything is kept in store
  • Galician: presa — place where anything is kept in store
  • Galician: represa — place where anything is kept in store
  • Galician: preseira — place where anything is kept in store
  • Galician: vaira — place where anything is kept in store
  • German: Reservoir — place where anything is kept in store
  • German: Behälter — place where anything is kept in store
  • German: Behältnis — place where anything is kept in store
  • German: Vorratsbehälter — place where anything is kept in store
  • Greek: δεξαμενή (dexamení) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Hindi: कोश (koś) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Hungarian: tároló — place where anything is kept in store
  • Hungarian: tár — place where anything is kept in store
  • Indonesian: penampungan — place where anything is kept in store
  • Indonesian: reservoir — place where anything is kept in store
  • Macedonian: резервоа́р (rezervoár) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Marathi: कोठी (koṭhī) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reservoar — place where anything is kept in store
  • Iranian Persian: مَخْزَن (maxzan) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Polish: rezerwuar — place where anything is kept in store
  • Polish: zbiornik — place where anything is kept in store
  • Portuguese: reservatório — place where anything is kept in store
  • Portuguese: barragem — place where anything is kept in store
  • Romanian: rezervor — place where anything is kept in store
  • Russian: резервуа́р (rezervuár) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Russian: храни́лище (xranílišče) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Serbo-Croatian: резерво̀а̄р — place where anything is kept in store
  • Serbo-Croatian: rezervòār — place where anything is kept in store
  • Slovene: rezervoar — place where anything is kept in store
  • Slovene: zbiralnik — place where anything is kept in store
  • Swedish: reservoar — place where anything is kept in store
  • Turkish: depo — place where anything is kept in store
  • Turkish: mahzen — place where anything is kept in store
  • Turkish: ambar — place where anything is kept in store
  • Ukrainian: резервуа́р (rezervuár) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Ukrainian: схо́вище (sxóvyšče) — place where anything is kept in store
  • Vietnamese: kho — place where anything is kept in store
  • Welsh: cronfa — place where anything is kept in store
  • Albanian: rezervuar — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Arabic: فِنْطَاس (finṭās) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Armenian: ջրամբար (ǰrambar) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Azerbaijani: hövzə — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Azerbaijani: su hövzəsi — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Azerbaijani: su anbarı — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Belarusian: вадасхо́вішча (vadasxóvišča) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Bulgarian: язови́р (jazovír) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Bulgarian: водохрани́лище (vodohranílište) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Catalan: embassament — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水庫 /水库 (shuǐkù) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Czech: nádrž — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Danish: reservoir — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Dutch: stuwmeer — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Extremaduran: embalsi — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Finnish: järvi — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Finnish: tekojärvi — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Finnish: tekoallas — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Finnish: patoallas — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Finnish: allas — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • French: réservoir — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Galician: encoro — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Georgian: წყალსაცავი (c̣q̇alsacavi) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • German: Stausee — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Greek: υδροταμιευτήρας (ydrotamieftíras) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Ancient Greek: δεξαμενή (dexamenḗ) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Hindi: जलाशय (jalāśay) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Hindi: हौज़ (hauz) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Hungarian: víztározó — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Hungarian: tározó — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Hungarian: víztároló — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Indonesian: waduk — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Indonesian: takungan — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Italian: invaso — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Italian: bacino — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Japanese: 貯水池 (chosuichi) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Kazakh: суқойма (suqoima) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Kazakh: су қоймасы (su qoimasy) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Korean: 저수지 (jeosuji) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Kyrgyz: суу сактагыч (suu saktagıc) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Macedonian: вештачко езеро (veštačko ezero) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Malay: takungan — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Marathi: जलाशय (jalāśay) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Mongolian: усан сан (usan san) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Mongolian: усан цөөрөм (usan cööröm) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reservoar — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Dari: حَوْض (hawz) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Iranian Persian: مَخْزَنِ سَدّ (maxzan-e sadd) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Iranian Persian: حُوْض (howz) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Polish: rezerwuar — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Polish: zbiornik — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Polish: akwen — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Portuguese: reservatório — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Romanian: rezervor — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Romanian: lac de acumulare — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Russian: водохрани́лище (vodoxranílišče) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Russian: водоём (vodojóm) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Serbo-Croatian: вештачко језеро — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Serbo-Croatian: вјештачко језеро — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Serbo-Croatian: vještačko jezero — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Slovak: nádrž — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Slovene: vodni zbiralnik — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Slovene: umetno jezero — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Spanish: embalse — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Spanish: pantano — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Spanish: pantano — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Swedish: vattenmagasin — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Tatar: сусаклагыч (susaqlağıç) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Thai: อ่างเก็บน้ํา (àang-gèp-náam) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Turkish: rezerv — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Ottoman Turkish: حوض (havz, havuz) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Ottoman Turkish: بركه (birke) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Ukrainian: водосхо́вище (vodosxóvyšče) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Ukrainian: водо́йма (vodójma) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Ukrainian: водо́ймище (vodójmyšče) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Urdu: حَوض (hauz) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Uzbek: suv ombori — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Uzbek: suv havzasi — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Vietnamese: hồ chứa nước — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
  • Welsh: cronfa (ddŵr) — large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
Real reading context

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