Rĕs'er-voir', n.

(rĕz'er-vwŏr'), n. [Fr. réservoir. See RESERVATORY.] A place where any thing 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, and the like; a cistern; a mill-pond; a basin.