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cistern

English

Etymology

From Middle English cisterne, from Old French cisterne (Modern French citerne) from Latin cisterna, from cista (“box”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kíst?, “box”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?s?s.t?n/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?s?s.t?n/
  • Rhymes: -?st?(?)n

Noun

cistern (plural cisterns)

  1. A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
    • 1913, A.C. Cotter, Catholic Encyclopedia, "Wells in Scripture",
      Their extreme necessity is attested by the countless number of old, unused cisterns with which the Holy Land is literally honeycombed.
  2. In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank.
  3. A cisterna.
  4. The vessel surrounding the condenser in a steam engine.

Translations

Anagrams

  • cinters, cretins, crinets, increst

Swedish

Noun

cistern c

  1. cistern, tank

Declension

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steeper

English

Etymology

steep +? -er

Adjective

steeper

  1. comparative form of steep: more steep

Noun

steeper (plural steepers)

  1. A vessel, vat, or cistern in which things are steeped.

Anagrams

  • Petrees, peerest, resteep

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