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cistern
[ sis-tern ]
noun
- a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- Anatomy. a reservoir or receptacle of some natural fluid of the body.
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Derived Forms
- cisternal, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cistern1
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Example Sentences
The waste steam puffed through a launder into the feed-cistern.
This was done with water in the cistern round the condenser, which water came up to 180 degrees of heat, and remained so.
From this cistern large earthen pipes led off in various directions to irrigate the terraces below.
So they picks up the flatirons, and as they picks em up they come a splashing noise in the cistern.
The water having failed in the cistern on the Tuesday, she had recourse to that in the water-tub in the back kitchen.
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