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Cotter, Catholic Encyclopedia, \"Wells in Scripture\",\nTheir extreme necessity is attested by the countless number of old, unused cisterns with which the Holy Land is literally honeycombed." }, { "ref": "1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 211:", "text": "On a broad ledge near the top, we found a stone cabin. Higher up was a cistern and a few more terraces.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2001, Philip J. King, Lawrence E. Stager, chapter 3, in Life in Biblical Israel, →ISBN, page 126:", "text": "Cisterns (bôr, bō'r), mentioned frequently in the Bible, are artificial reservoirs, usually cut into bedrock, for collecting and conserving rain runoff from roofs and courtyards.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use." ], "id": "en-cistern-en-noun-en:Q838858", "links": [ [ "reservoir", "reservoir" ], [ "tank", "tank" ], [ "water", "water" ], [ "catching", "catching" ], [ "holding", "holding" ], [ "rainwater", "rainwater" ] ], "senseid": [ "en:Q838858" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "64 7 13 5 8 2", "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisternë" }, { "_dis1": "64 7 13 5 8 2", "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "hauz" }, { "_dis1": "64 7 13 5 8 2", "code": "sq", "lang": 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"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "dexamenḗ", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "δεξαμενή" }, { "_dis1": "64 7 13 5 8 2", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "lákkos", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "λάκκος" }, { "_dis1": "64 7 13 5 8 2", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "élutron", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ἔλυτρον" }, { "_dis1": "64 7 13 5 8 2", "code": "gu", "lang": "Gujarati", "roman": "ṭā̃kī", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ટાંકી" }, { "_dis1": "64 7 13 5 8 2", "code": "gu", "lang": "Gujarati", "roman": "taḷāv", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "તળાવ" }, { "_dis1": "64 7 13 5 8 2", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "gev", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "גֵּב" }, { "_dis1": "64 7 13 5 8 2", 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Stager, chapter 3, in Life in Biblical Israel, →ISBN, page 126:", "text": "Cisterns (bôr, bō'r), mentioned frequently in the Bible, are artificial reservoirs, usually cut into bedrock, for collecting and conserving rain runoff from roofs and courtyards.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use." ], "links": [ [ "reservoir", "reservoir" ], [ "tank", "tank" ], [ "water", "water" ], [ "catching", "catching" ], [ "holding", "holding" ], [ "rainwater", "rainwater" ] ], "senseid": [ "en:Q838858" ], "wikidata": [ "Q838858" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2003, Allan Windust, chapter 9, in Waterwise House & Garden: a Guide for Sustainable Living, →ISBN, page 36:", "text": "It is possible to connect your tank to your toilet cistern and/or garden, so that even if the water is not drinkable it still can be used productively to make major water savings.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank." ], "links": [ [ "flush toilet", "flush toilet" ], [ "flush", "flush" ] ] }, { "glosses": [ "A shallow, typically oval, vessel made of porcelain, pottery, or glass." ], "links": [ [ "oval", "oval" ], [ "porcelain", "porcelain" ], [ "pottery", "pottery" ], [ "glass", "glass" ] ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 22:", "text": "By next winter he was spending every evening poring over the work of Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné on the French Reformation by the light of a little oil lamp, with a tiny cistern the size of an orange and no chimney[.]", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "The receptacle that holds the fuel in an oil lamp." ], "links": [ [ "receptacle", "receptacle" ], [ "oil lamp", "oil lamp" ] ] }, { "glosses": [ "A cisterna." ], "links": [ [ "cisterna", "cisterna" ] ], "qualifier": "Biology", "raw_glosses": [ "(Biology) A cisterna." ] }, { "glosses": [ "The vessel surrounding the condenser in a steam engine." ], "links": [ [ "vessel", "vessel" ], [ "condenser", "condenser" ], [ "steam engine", "steam engine" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈsɪs.tən/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈsɪs.tɚn/", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "audio": "en-us-cistern.ogg", "mp3_url": 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"Arabic", "roman": "finṭās", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "فِنْطَاس" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ḥawḍ", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "حَوْض" }, { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "cʻistern", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "ցիստերն" }, { "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "sistern" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "cystérna", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "цыстэ́рна" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "bak", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "бак" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "rezjervuár", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "рэзервуа́р" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "rezervuár", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "рэзэрвуа́р" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "rezervoár", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "резервоа́р" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "cistérna", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "цисте́рна" }, { "code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "rehlaungkan", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "ရေလှောင်ကန်" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisterna" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shuǐcáo", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "水槽" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisterna" }, { "code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cistierna" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "cisterne" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisterne" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "waterreservoir" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "regenput" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "regenwaterput" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "regenbak" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "waterkelder" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "akvujo" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "cisterno" }, { "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "tsistern" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "vesisäiliö" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "sadevesisäiliö" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "citerne" }, { "code": "frm", "lang": "Middle French", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisterne" }, { "code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cistierne" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "canfurna" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisterna" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "alxube" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "alxibe" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "cisṭerna", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "ცისტერნა" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Zisterne" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "dexamení", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "δεξαμενή" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "stérna", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "στέρνα" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "dexamenḗ", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "δεξαμενή" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "lákkos", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "λάκκος" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "élutron", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ἔλυτρον" }, { "code": "gu", "lang": "Gujarati", "roman": "ṭā̃kī", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ટાંકી" }, { "code": "gu", "lang": "Gujarati", "roman": "taḷāv", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "તળાવ" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "gev", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "גֵּב" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "ṭaṅkī", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "टंकी" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "jalāśay", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "जलाशय" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "hauz", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "हौज़" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "ciszterna" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "víztároló" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "aquuyo" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "perigi" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sistéal" }, { "code": "ist", "lang": "Istriot", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "zustierna" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisterna" }, { "alt": "すいそう", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "suisō", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "水槽" }, { "alt": "ちょすいそう", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "chosuisō", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "貯水槽" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tanku", 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"lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisterna" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "cisterna", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "цистерна" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "kurawai" }, { "code": "enm", "lang": "Middle English", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "cisterne" }, { "code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "class-7", "class-8" ], "word": "isima" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "sisterne" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "cisterne" }, { "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sisterne" }, { "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisterne" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "sistern", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "سیسترن" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "howz", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "حوض" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cysterna" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisterna" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisternă" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "cistɛ́rna", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "цисте́рна" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "bak", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "бак" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "rezervuár", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "резервуа́р" }, { "code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "chisterra" }, { "code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "cisterra" }, { "code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "gisterra" }, { "code": "sco", "lang": "Scots", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "cistren" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "amar" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "feminine" ], "word": "цѝсте̄рна" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "Roman", "feminine" ], "word": "cìstērna" }, { "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "jisterna" }, { "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sterna" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisterna" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "rezervoár" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisterna" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "aljibe" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisterna" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "cistern" }, { "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "sistern", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "систерн" }, { "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "havz", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "ҳавз" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "ถังน้ำ" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "แท็งก์น้ำ" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "ถังเก็บน้ำ" }, { "code": "bo", "lang": "Tibetan", "roman": "chu sgrom", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "ཆུ་སྒྲོམ" }, { "code": "ti", "lang": "Tigrinya", "roman": "gaw", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "ጋው" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "sarnıç" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "cystérna", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "цисте́рна" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "bak", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "бак" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "rezervuár", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "резервуа́р" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "hauz", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "حَوضْ" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "word": "sisterna" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "seston" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "reservoir for holding water", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "dyfrgist" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "kazánče", "sense": "flush toilet's container", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "каза́нче" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "flush toilet's container", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "stortbak" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "flush toilet's container", "word": "säiliö" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "flush toilet's container", "word": "vesisäiliö" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "flush toilet's container", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "chasse d’eau" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "flush toilet's container", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Spülkasten" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "kazanáki", "sense": "flush toilet's container", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "καζανάκι" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "flush toilet's container", "word": "víztartály" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "flush toilet's container", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "sisterne" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "flush toilet's container", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "cisterne" }, { "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "flush toilet's container", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sisterne" }, { "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "flush toilet's container", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisterne" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "bačók", "sense": "flush toilet's container", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "бачо́к" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "flush toilet's container", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cisterna" } ], "word": "cistern" }
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