Antonyms for reservoir

Grammar : Noun

Spell : rez-er-vwahr, -vwawr, -vawr, rez-uh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛz ərˌvwɑr, -ˌvwɔr, -ˌvɔr, ˈrɛz ə-

Definition of reservoir

Origin : 1680s, "a place where something tends to collect," originally figurative, from French réservoir "storehouse," from Old French reserver "to reserve" (see reserve (n.)). Specific meaning "artificial basin to collect and store a large body of water" is from 1705.

noun accumulation, repository

Example sentences :

She speedily descended to the reservoir of water, and filled her pitcher.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

There's a reservoir below into which they drop when the electric circuit is broken.
Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro

But she was drifting in her blind misery to that reservoir of life, London.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

After leaving the reservoir we drove through another quarter of the town.
Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

Could he have siphoned the water from one reservoir to the other?
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

To a large extent, the reservoir of the Cross was artificial.
Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton

If he builds a reservoir, where could he get enough water to fill it?
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

The best I could figure was that they might need one of my waterholes for a reservoir site.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

A reservoir for the big streams of oil that were pouring into it from the pipe-lines.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various

If the reservoir is built in a small gulley or ravine, its width may be twenty-five feet.
Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden

Synonyms for reservoir

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