cistern

Noun

Meaning

An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids.

A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cisterna water tank lake hopper lough salina vat alembic chamber basin bowl sac can well bucket
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Antonyms

peak distribute hang miracle hover

Hypernyms

sac tank pool reservoir Storage tank

Hyponyms

sink cesspool sump rain barrel cesspit

Phrases with the word

cistern car chyle cistern chyli cistern lymphatic cistern pontine cistern Sylvian cistern

Anagrams

increst

Examples

The cistern contains: the fountain overflows. William Blake

Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains. Paulo Coelho

Ah jist shrugged, -- Well, as one anarchist plumber sais tae the other: smash the cistern. Irvine Welsh

I go into solitude so as not to drink out of everybody's cistern. When I am among the many I live as the many do, and I do not think I really think. After a time it always seems as if they want to banish my self from myself and rob me of my soul. Friedrich Nietzsche

The excavators cleared out one of the ancient cisterns, and a few of the winter rains sufficed to fill the cistern with enough water to supply the expedition with water for the whole season. This illustrates the possibilities of almost any country, provided the right kind of people are there. Cyrus H. Gordon

A cistern among the ruins near the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu is also alleged to have been the Prison of Christ. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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