cistern.
A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
Meaning & usage
A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank.
A shallow, typically oval, vessel made of porcelain, pottery, or glass.
The receptacle that holds the fuel in an oil lamp.
A cisterna.
The vessel surrounding the condenser in a steam engine.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cisterne, from Old French cisterne (Modern French citerne) from Latin cisterna, from cista (“box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”). Doublet of cisterna.
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