cistern
IPA: sˈɪstɝn
noun
- A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
- In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank.
- A cisterna.
- The vessel surrounding the condenser in a steam engine.
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Examples of "cistern" in Sentences
- Lymphatic drainage is to the chyle cistern.
- The estate of Cistern was completed in 1786.
- The cisterns near the temple provide drinking water.
- The ancient cistern still supplies water to the town.
- Clearly the caisson decends to the bottom of the cistern.
- Cistern water evaporated, cooling the air in the building.
- Misha filled the cistern and we aimed the water at the top.
- There is a cistern in the courtyard in front of the mosque.
- The water supply was a cistern in the base of the structure.
- A large cistern in the rear of the Wesleyan supplied the school's water supply.