| n. | 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. | ||||
| 3. | (Med.) a large quantity of infectious microorganisms resident in animals other than man, potentially capable of being transmitted to humans. | ||||
| 3. | (Med.) a large quantity of infectious microorganisms or parasites resident in animals other than man, potentially capable of being transmitted to humans; especially, such organisms in animals where they do little or no harm to the host. | ||||
| 4. | a large supply or stock of anything which may be rapidly put to use; a reserve.
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| Noun | 1. | reservoir - a large or extra supply of something; "a reservoir of talent" |
| 2. | reservoir - lake used to store water for community useSynonyms: artificial lake | |
| 3. | reservoir - tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil) | |
| 4. | reservoir - 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" Synonyms: source |
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