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resv

resv

9.9
A lake or large tank that stores water for a town
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Engineers inspected the hillside resv that supplies the town's drinking water every year.

Examples

  • Please check the water level in the resv before starting the irrigation system.

  • The map shows the location of the main resv that supplies the city with water.

  • The resv is crucial for the city's water supply.

  • Many cities depend on a large resv for drinking water.

  • The map shows the location of the main resv that supplies the city with water.

  • Please check the water level in the resv before starting the irrigation system.

  • Engineers inspected the hillside resv that supplies the town's drinking water every year.

Synonyms

reservoir
vsresv
86 4.3

A large area, like a lake, that stores water or other liquids

is the shortened written form for that same storage concept
impoundment
vsresv
1 7.3

A place where water is kept behind a dam for storage

refers to the general storage body rather than the technical dammed structure
1 3.5

A man-made area that holds water for a town, farm, or park

covers both natural and man-made storage bodies rather than only man-made ones

Antonyms

44 1.4

The act of letting liquid flow out

How Big

sea
1.0
lake
793 1.0
resv
  • Specialized
9.9
tank
596 1.0
pond
266 1.0

Surface Forms

resv singular
resvs plural

Etymology

Resv can mean reservoir, a place that stores water or other liquids, and this links to the root reserve meaning 'to keep'. So a resv on a map is the store of water kept for a town or farm.