reservoir
noun
a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use, especially water for supplying a community, irrigating land, furnishing power, etc.
reservoirs
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pluralof reservoir.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With the current version of the deal expiring this year, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Reclamation, which operates the reservoirs and their hydropower generators, is stepping in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The two reservoirs near the center of the image were among the areas hit hardest.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
He called on the government to invest more heavily in reservoirs, saying too much water that could be collected during winter is instead pumped out into the North Sea.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
In mid-July, the combined water levels of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the two largest reservoirs in the United States and both fed by the Colorado River, reached their lowest levels in over 60 years.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
He spent years traveling across central Africa in search of the reservoirs of Ebola and Marburg viruses.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
