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In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank
A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use

Their extreme necessity is attested by the countless number of old, unused cisterns with which the Holy Land is literally honeycombed.

A cisterna
{n} a vessel to catch or hold water, a pit
A well for water
A cistern is a container which stores the water supply for a building, or that holds the water for flushing a toilet. = tank
a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet
cisterna (a well)
Small tank or storage facility used to store water for a home or farm; often use to store rain water
Covered cisterns and the water in them are defined as an integral part of an insurable building, meaning under the building or above ground and physically attached to a side of the building with one of the walls of the building and cistern being common to each other
an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater
A pit dug in the ground for the storage of water, particularly rainwater [Picture]
In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held
The latter day equivalent of the Steep
A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water
A vat in which brewers' grain is soaked
A tank used to store rainwater
- resevoir for storing water
A cistern is a container for storing rain water. a container in which the supply of water for a building is stored inside the building = tank (cisterne, from cisterna, from cista )
A water storage container, usually below grade level, for emergency use including fire protection
an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet
An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids
Reservoir for storing water
{i} large container for storing water or other liquids; tank
A tank used to collect rainwater runoff from the roof of a house or building
a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
A large receptacle for storing water usually underground
Receptacle for storing water A decorative cistern rounds out the offering of the Alouette collection from Kohler's Artist Editions portfolio
an underground tank or pipe to collect storm water runoff from catch basins prior to discharge into sewer systems Cisterns are used to store and slowly release storm water from residential areas into the combined sewer system until the threat of CSOs has passed
Basilica Cistern
(Tarih) The Basilica Cistern (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarayı - "Sunken Palace", or Yerebatan Sarnıcı - "Sunken Cistern"), is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (formerly Constantinople), Turkey. The cistern, located 500 feet (150 m) southwest of the Hagia Sophia on the historical peninsula of Sarayburnu, was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I
Basilica Cistern
(Tarih) The Basilica Cistern, also called the Yerebatan Sarayı or Yerebatan Sarnıcı, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that still lie beneath the city of Istanbul, former Constantinople, Turkey
sunken cistern
(Tarih) The Basilica Cistern (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarayı - "Sunken Palace", or Yerebatan Sarnıcı - "Sunken Cistern"), is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (formerly Constantinople), Turkey. The cistern, located 500 feet (150 m) southwest of the Hagia Sophia on the historical peninsula of Sarayburnu, was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I
cisterns
plural of cistern
cistern

    Hyphenation

    cis·tern

    Turkish pronunciation

    sîstırn

    Synonyms

    pond, tank, well, cisterna

    Pronunciation

    /ˈsəstərn/ /ˈsɪstɜrn/

    Etymology

    () From Old French cisterne (Modern French citerne) from Latin cisterna from cista (“box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kistē, “box”).
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