reservoir

reservoir is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. noun. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
3. noun. tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)
4. noun. lake used to store water for community use
5. noun. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

   "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"

   Synonyms: source

6. noun. a large or extra supply of something

   "a reservoir of talent"

Synonyms

source

Common word forms

reservoirs, reservoired

Words from these letters

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