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reservoir

/ˈɹɛz.ə.vwɑː(ɹ)/

noun

a lake, usually artificial, where water is collected and stored for the use of a community or industry

  • “The water level in the reservoir is particularly low this year.”Tatoeba
  • “There are also several reservoirs in the area.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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