reservoir

1. A natural or artificial pond or lake used for the storage and regulation of water.
2. A receptacle or chamber for storing a fluid.
3. An underground accumulation of petroleum or natural gas.
4. Anatomy. See cisterna (sense 1).
5. A large or extra supply; a reserve: a reservoir of good will.
6. Medicine. An organism or a population that directly or indirectly transmits a pathogen while being virtually immune to its effects.

[French réservoir, from réserver, to reserve, from Old French reserver. See reserve.]

A place or containment area where water is stored. Where large volumes of water are to be stored, reservoirs usually are created by the construction of a dam across a flowing stream. When water occurs naturally in streams, it is sometimes not available when needed. Reservoirs solve this problem by capturing water and making it available at later times. See also Dam.

In addition to large reservoirs, many small reservoirs are in service. These include varieties of farm ponds, regulating lakes, and small industrial or recreational facilities. In some regions, small ponds are called tanks. Small reservoirs can have important cumulative effects in rural regions

Reservoirs can be developed for single or multiple purposes, such as to supply water for people and cities, to provide irrigation water, to lift water levels to make navigation possible on streams, and to generate electricity.

Another purpose of reservoirs is to control floods by providing empty spaces for flood waters to fill, thereby diminishing the rate of flow and water depth downstream of the reservoir.

Reservoirs also provide for environmental uses of water by providing water to sustain fisheries and meet other fish and wildlife needs, or to improve water quality by providing dilution water when it is needed in downstream sections of rivers. Reservoirs may also have esthetic and recreational value, providing boating, swimming, fishing, rafting, hiking, viewing, photography, and general enjoyment of nature. See also Pumped storage; River engineering; Water supply engineering.

noun

A supply stored or hidden for future use: backlog, cache, hoard, inventory, nest egg, reserve, stock, stockpile, store, treasure. Slang stash. See collect/distribute.

Definition: accumulation, repository
Antonyms: nothingness, zilch

A receptacle or enclosed space for the collection or retention of water, which is supplied to it by natural springs, drainage, or artificial means.

1. a storage place or cavity.
2. an alternative host or passive carrier of a pathogenic organism.

• r. control — control of infection in animal, bird or insect populations which act as reservoirs for infection of domesticated animals.

A dream about a reservoir may indicate that the dreamer has stored up emotional energy, especially if the reservoir is full. If it appears to be empty, the dreamer may have expended all available emotions on others.

Common misspelling(s) of reservoir

• resevoir

Dansk (Danish)
n. - reservoir, bassin

Nederlands (Dutch)
stuwmeer, reservoir, waterbak, voorraad

Français (French)
n. - bassin, (lit) réservoir, (fig) réserve, réservoir (de main d'¯uvre)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Speicher, Vorrat, Reservoir, Behälter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δεξαμενή, ντεπόζιτο, ρεζερβουάρ, απόθεμα, (υδρο)ταμιευτήρας

Italiano (Italian)
bacino, serbatoio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - reservatório (m), represa (f)

Русский (Russian)
резервуар, водоем, бак, запас, кладезь

Español (Spanish)
n. - embalse, represa, depósito, cisterna, tanque

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - behållare, förråd, reservoar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
蓄水库, 贮存器, 贮水池, 储藏所, 仓库

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 蓄水庫, 貯存器, 貯水池, 儲藏所, 倉庫

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 저수지, 저장, 저장기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 貯水池, インク筒, 油つぼ, 蓄積, 宝庫

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مخزون, مستودع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מאגר, בריכה, אוצר, מלאי, מכל, כלי קיבול‬

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