English Explanatory Dictionary

reservoir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place where anything is kept in store.
  2. A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
  3. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
  4. A supply or source of something.
  5. A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.
  6. A "black box" component that receives an input signal to be read out and mapped by another process, as part of reservoir computing.
verb
  1. To store or keep (something) in or as in a reservoir.
name
  1. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Darebin, Victoria, Australia

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛz.ə.vwɑː(ɹ)/ /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vwɑɹ/ /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vwɔɹ/ /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vɔɹ/ en-us-reservoir.ogg /rᵻ.zərˈʋɔ.jər/

Word forms

reservoir reservoirs reservoiring reservoired

Etymology

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

Related words

reserve

Derived words

air reservoir au reservoir feeder reservoir oil reservoir Ommaya reservoir petroleum reservoir receiving reservoir reservoir computer reservoir control reservoirful
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