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noun
1.
a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use, especially water for supplying a community, irrigating land, furnishing power, etc.
2.
a receptacle or chamber for holding a liquid or fluid.
3.
Geology. See under pool1 (def. 6).
4.
Biology. a cavity or part that holds some fluid or secretion.
5.
EXPANDa place where anything is collected or accumulated in great amount.
6.
COLLAPSEa large or extra supply or stock; reserve: a reservoir of knowledge.
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noun
1.
a small body of standing water; pond.
2.
a still, deep place in a stream.
3.
any small collection of liquid on a surface: a pool of blood.
4.
EXPANDa puddle.
6.
COLLAPSEa subterranean accumulation of oil or gas held in porous and permeable sedimentary rock (reservoir).
verb (used without object)
7.
to form a pool.
8.
(of blood) to accumulate in a body part or organ.
verb (used with object)
9.
to cause pools to form in.
10.
to cause (blood) to form pools.
adjective
11.
of or for a pool: pool filters.
12.
taking place or occurring around or near a pool: a pool party.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English pōl; cognate with Dutch poel, German Pfuhl
before 900; Middle English; Old English pōl; cognate with Dutch poel, German Pfuhl
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| reservoir (ˈrɛzəˌvwɑː) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a natural or artificial lake or large tank used for collecting and storing water, esp for community water supplies or irrigation |
| 2. | a receptacle for storing gas, esp one attached to a stove |
| 3. | biology a vacuole or cavity in an organism, containing a secretion or some other fluid |
| 4. | anatomy another name for cisterna |
| 5. | a place where a great stock of anything is accumulated |
| 6. | a large supply of something; reserve: a reservoir of talent |
| [C17: from French réservoir, from réserver to | |
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Word Origin & History
reservoir
1690, "a place where something tends to collect," from Fr. réservoir "storehouse," from O.Fr. reserver "to reserve" (see reserve). Specific meaning "artificial basin to collect and store a large body of water" is from 1705.
EXPANDpool
"game similar to billiards," 1848, originally (1693) a card game played for collective stakes (a "pool"), from Fr. poule "stakes, booty, plunder," lit. "hen," from O.Fr. poule "hen, young fowl." Perhaps the original notion is from jeu de la poule, supposedly a game in which people threw things at a hen
and the player who hit it, won it, which speaks volumes about life in the Middle Ages. The connection of "hen" and "stakes" is also present in Sp. polla and Walloon paie. Meaning "collective stakes" first recorded 1869; sense of "common reservoir of resources" is from 1917. Meaning "group of persons who share duties or skills" is from 1928. The verb meaning "to make a common interest, put things into a pool" is 1872, from the noun.
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Medical Dictionary
pool (p&oomacr;l)
n.
A collection of blood in any region of the body due to dilation and retardation of the circulation in capillaries and veins.
reservoir res·er·voir (rěz'ər-vwär', -vwôr', -vôr')
n.
A fluid-containing sac or cavity.
An organism or a population that directly or indirectly transmits a pathogen while being virtually immune to its effects.
A large or extra supply; a reserve.
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reservoir
an open-air storage area (usually formed by masonry or earthwork) where water is collected and kept in quantity so that it may be drawn off for use.
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