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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