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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Cistern \Cis"tern\, n. [OE. cisterne, OF. cisterne, F. cisterne,
     fr. L. cisterna, fr. cista box, chest. See Cist, and cf.
     chest.]
     1. An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer,
        or other liquids.
  
     2. A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water.
        ``The wide cisterns of the lakes.'' --Blackmore.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :


  cistern
       n 1: a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or
            cerebrospinal fluid [syn: cisterna]
       2: a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet [syn: water
          tank]
       3: an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an
          underground tank for storing rainwater

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :


  Cistern
     the rendering of a Hebrew word _bor_, which means a receptacle
     for water conveyed to it; distinguished from _beer_, which
     denotes a place where water rises on the spot (Jer. 2:13; Prov.
     5:15; Isa. 36:16), a fountain. Cisterns are frequently mentioned
     in Scripture. The scarcity of springs in Palestine made it
     necessary to collect rain-water in reservoirs and cisterns (Num.
     21:22). (See WELL.)
     
       Empty cisterns were sometimes used as prisons (Jer. 38:6; Lam.
     3:53; Ps. 40:2; 69:15). The "pit" into which Joseph was cast
     (Gen. 37:24) was a _beer_ or dry well. There are numerous
     remains of ancient cisterns in all parts of Palestine.

From eng-afr :


  cistern
       tenk

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary :


  Cistern
  
  الصهريج

From English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary :


  cistern
  
  bazen za vodu, cisterna

From English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary :


  cistern 
  
  rezervoár
  
           Entry edited by: B2

From English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary :


  cistern
  
  cisterna
  
           Entry edited by: Jiří Šmoldas

From English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary :


  cistern
  
  vodní nádrž
  
           Entry edited by: Jiří Šmoldas

From English-German Freedict dictionary :


  cistern [sistən]
       Zisterne

From eng-fra :


  cistern
  	[sistən]
  	citerne

From English-Hindi Freedict Dictionary :


  cistern 
  
  1. जलाधार
       "The leakage in the cistern has been repaired."

From eng-hun :


  cistern
  
  vécétartály
  víztartály
  víztároló

From English-Portugese Freedict dictionary :


  cistern
       cisterna, tanque

From English-Portugese Freedict dictionary :


  cistern
       cisterna, tanque

From English-Portugese Freedict dictionary :


  cistern [sistən]
       cisterna, tanque

From English-Portugese Freedict dictionary :


  cistern
       cisterna, tanque

From English-Spanish Freedict dictionary :


  cistern [sistən]
       tanque

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary :


  cistern
  
  1. sarnıç, mahzen, su deposu
  2. (anat.) vücutta herhangi bir sıvının toplandığı kese.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :


  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "cistern":
     artificial lake, bayou lake, dam, dead water, dike, etang,
     farm pond, fishpond, freshwater lake, glacial lake, inland sea,
     lagoon, laguna, lake, lakelet, landlocked water, linn, loch, lough,
     mere, millpond, millpool, nyanza, oxbow lake, plash, pond, pondlet,
     pool, puddle, reservoir, salina, salt pond, stagnant water,
     standing water, still water, sump, tank, tarn, tidal pond,
     volcanic lake, water hole, water pocket, well

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :


  n. 贮水器,水槽,水箱;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :


     n. 贮水器,水槽,水箱

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