reservatory

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noun

A place in which things are reserved or kept.

“a reservatory clause”

OriginLatin reservatorium →
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Meanings

nounreservatory (plural reservatories)

plural reservatories

  1. A place in which things are reserved or kept.

    I got such Notice of that subterranean Reservatory as to enable me to make a Computation of the Quantity of Water

    1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC
adjectivereservatory (not comparable)
  1. not comparablereserving something

    a reservatory clause

Origin

  1. Latinreservatorium
  2. Englishreservatory

From Latin reservatorium, from resservare. See reserve and compare reservoir.

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APA

reservatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reservatory

MLA

“reservatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reservatory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reservatory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reservatory.

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