CISTERN Synonyms

• any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

• a container that is used to put or keep things in

• enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts

• an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert

• a large or extra supply of something

• lake used to store water for community use; a lake (natural or artificial) used to store water and used as a source of water

• tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)

• anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

• the act of storing something

• a depository for goods

• the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials

• (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk

• an electronic memory device

• depositing in a warehouse

• an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads

• a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids

• as much as a tank will hold

• a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk

• a cell for violent prisoners

• store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it

• consume excessive amounts of alcohol

• treat in a tank

• a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)

• a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

• a concave shape with an open top

• a treasury for government funds

• a long narrow shallow receptacle

• a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed

• a tube in which a body fluid circulates

• a craft designed for water transportation

• an object used as a container (especially for liquids)

• in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury

• a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine

• a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid

• an abundant source

• an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)

• an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps

• (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')

• thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form

• indicating high probability; in all likelihood

• (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully

• to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree

• favorably; with approval

• to a great extent or degree

• with great or especially intimate knowledge

• with prudence or propriety

• with skill or in a pleasing manner

• in a manner affording benefit or advantage

• in financial comfort

• without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor

• resulting favorably

• wise or advantageous and hence advisable

• come up, as of a liquid

• a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid

• a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet