English to English
noun
- a large or extra supply of something
A reservoir of talent.
source: WordNet 3.0
- lake used to store water for community use
source: WordNet 3.0
- tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)
source: WordNet 3.0
- anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
An infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
