different between storehouse vs reservoir

English

Etymology

store +? house

Noun

storehouse (plural storehouses)

1. A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions

   Synonyms: magazine, repository, warehouse

2. (figuratively, by extension) A single location or resource where a large quantity of something can be found.

3. (obsolete) A mass or quantity laid up.

Hypernyms

• house

Translations

Verb

storehouse (third-person singular simple present storehouses, present participle storehousing, simple past and past participle storehoused)

1. (transitive) To lay up in store.

English

Etymology

From French réservoir (“collection place”) (fig.), réservoir (“storehouse”) (lit.). in turn from French réserver (“to reserve, keep”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???z.?.vw??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???z.?(?).vw??/, /???z.?(?).vw??/, /???z.?(?).v??/

Noun

reservoir (plural reservoirs)

1. A place where anything is kept in store
2. A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
3. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
4. A supply or source of something.
5. A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.

Derived terms

• air reservoir
• receiving reservoir
• oil reservoir
• petroleum reservoir

Related terms

• reserve

Translations

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French réservoir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?.z?r?v?a?r/, /re?.z?r?v?a?r/
• Hyphenation: re?ser?voir

Noun

reservoir n (plural reservoirs, diminutive reservoirtje n)

1. reservoir

Derived terms

• waterreservoir