reservoir

res·er·voir (rez′ər vwär′, rez′ə-; --vwôr, --vôr′)

noun

a place where anything is collected and stored, generally in large quantity; esp., a natural or artificial lake or pond in which water is collected and stored for use
a receptacle or part (in an apparatus) for holding a fluid, as oil, ink, etc.
a large supply; esp., an extra or reserve supply
Biol.
1. a part, sac, or cavity in some animals or plants in which fluid collects or into which products are secreted
2. a species of organism that serves as an immune host for a parasite that can cause disease in another species

Etymology: Fr réservoir < réserver: see reserve

Converse of object

impound: Here we pass another sluice which in time of flood is opened up to fill an impounding reservoir.
deplete: However, this rainfall did little to assist the replenishment of already severly depleted reservoir at Ravensthorpe.
refill: No user intervention such as refilling a reservoir is required.
fill: Fill the reservoir with enough wax to run from the spout.

Adjective modifier

man-made: Rutland Water is the largest man-made reservoir in Britain, covering some 3100 acres of water.
untapped: Is there an untapped reservoir of help and practical support ' out there ' for prisoners or is this already exhausted by prisoners?
clastic: Success at the TGT-2X well confirms the presence of a highly prospective section of clastic reservoirs in Block 16-1.
underground: A couple of groups were unlucky enough to get soaking wet in the underground reservoir.
deep-water: The fields are combination traps contained in Paleogene deep-water sandstone reservoirs.
vast: Vast reservoirs of power are created by the spirit of the age, formless, like the tense yearning gained from all things.

Modifies a noun

characterisation: Reservoir characterisation: Can you see what the logs are saying?
simulator: The IRAP software allows the export of grids and their parameters to reservoir simulators which accept their input as ASCII files.
dam: This path drops down into the valley below the reservoir dam, which is currently being managed to allow the growth of native woodland.
simulation: Hutton reservoir simulation model An Eclipse 100 simulation model was provided by Kerr McGee for archiving.

Noun used with modifier

hydrocarbon: The instrument was then tested on core samples from a hydrocarbon reservoir in the North Sea.
petroleum: Be able to explain why petroleum reservoirs are difficult to locate and outline the methods employed.
basement: This production rate is likely to increase as White Tiger and Dragon fields are improved ( both fields producing from basement reservoirs ).
magma: A theory to quantify the amount of melt in the magma reservoir will be developed.
irrigation: So did much fertile river valley land, which was exchanged for hydroelectric or irrigation reservoirs.
sandstone: Understanding and predicting sandstone reservoir quality in petroleum systems.

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