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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…

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  1. n. 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. n. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
  3. n. a large or extra supply of something
  4. n. lake used to store water for community use; a lake (natural or artificial) used to store water and used as a source of water
  5. n. tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)
  6. n. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
  7. 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 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.
  8. A small intercellular space, often containing Receivingreservoir (Water Works), a principal reservoir into which an aqueductor rising main delivers water, and from which a distributingreservoir draws its supply.
  9. n:100 n. a large or extra supply of something n. lake used to store water for community use n. tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil) n. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies