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# reservoir

noun (a reservoir, reservoirs)

«reservoir» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A large lake, often made by people with a dam, that stores water for a town or city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservoir/#m1)
2. A container or tank that holds liquid in a machine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservoir/#m2)
3. A large supply of something: a reservoir of ideas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservoir/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and science lessons, reservoirs store drinking water and the water cycle refills them. In safety, reservoirs are deep and very cold; never swim in them. In maths, capacity problems ask how many litres a reservoir holds. Phrases: reservoir dam, water reservoir.

### Examples

- Our water comes from a reservoir in the hills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservoir/#x1)
- The reservoir was low after the dry summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservoir/#x2)
- Never swim in a reservoir; the water is deep and cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservoir/#x3)
- The car's washer reservoir needs filling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservoir/#x4)
- The dam holds back the reservoir. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservoir/#x5)
- The reservoir holds 2 million litres of water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservoir/#x6)
- He set his teeth and said nothing, but went with the shouting monkeys to a terrace above the red sandstone reservoirs that were half-full of rain water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservoir/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Say «REZ-er-vwar». Spelling trap: -voir, not -vour. Safety: reservoirs look calm but have hidden currents and freezing water.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah and Kabbalah, it names the storehouses that hold God's blessing, which flows down from above. In the primary lessons: In geography and science lessons, reservoirs store drinking water and the water cycle refills them. In safety, reservoirs are deep and very cold; never swim in them. In maths, capacity problems ask how many litres a reservoir holds. Phrases: reservoir dam, water reservoir.

### Examples

- influxes of the emanations, for it causes that influence to flow into all the reservoirs of the Blessings, with which these themselves are united. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reservoir/#x1)

### Note

Countable. Say «REZ-er-vwar». Spelling trap: -voir, not -vour. Safety: reservoirs look calm but have hidden currents and freezing water.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «reservoir» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservoir/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «reservoir» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reservoir/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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