Definition of Reservair
Res"er*voir` (r&ebreve;z"&etilde;r*vwôr`; 277),
n. [F. réservoir, 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.
Res"er*voir` (r&ebreve;z"&etilde;r*vwôr`; 277),
n. [F. réservoir, 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
- A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
- A supply or source of something.
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