reservoir
English Thesaurus
1. tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil) (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | storage tank, tank, |
| definition | : | a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cistern, |
| definition | : | an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | sump, |
| definition | : | an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | water tower, |
| definition | : | a large reservoir for water (noun.artifact) |
2. lake used to store water for community use (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | lake, |
| definition | : | a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake mead, |
| definition | : | the largest reservoir in the United States; located in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona and formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River; the center of a recreational area (noun.artifact) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake powell, |
| definition | : | the second largest reservoir in the United States; located in southern Utah and north central Arizona and formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River (noun.artifact) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake volta, |
| definition | : | the Volta river in southeastern has been dammed to create one of the world's largest man-made lakes (noun.artifact) |
3. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | thing, |
| definition | : | a separate and self-contained entity (noun.tops) |
4. a large or extra supply of something (noun.quantity)
| hypernym | : | supply, |
| definition | : | an amount of something available for use (noun.quantity) |
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