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BNC: 10852 COCA: 22043

cistern

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
cistern /ˈsɪstɚn/ noun
plural cisterns
cistern
/ˈsɪstɚn/
noun
plural cisterns
Learner's definition of CISTERN
[count]
: a container that holds a supply of water贮水槽;水箱: such as
US : an underground container that is used for collecting and storing rainwater(贮存雨水的)地下蓄水槽
British : a tank that holds the water for a toilet(抽水马桶的)水箱
British : a tank on the roof of a building that holds water for the building(屋顶上的)蓄水箱
BNC: 10852 COCA: 22043

cistern

noun

cis·​tern ˈsi-stərn How to pronounce cistern (audio)
1
: an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater)
2
: a large usually silver vessel formerly used (as in cooling wine) at the dining table
3
: a fluid-containing sac or cavity in an organism

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The drama of this novel accumulates slowly, like the fresh water in their cistern. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 The school, founded in 1902 to educate the children of mining families, was for much of its history getting water from a well, pump and cistern on a nearby hill, said Will Anderson, the school’s executive director. Rick Childress, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Rebates are available from SoCal WaterSmart at $35 per barrel and $250 per cistern. Melissa Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022 The cistern is completely closed off from the neighborhood water supply and has been for a while. Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 24 June 2022 The plumbing—enough for a pair of sinks, a shower, and eventually a washing machine—was fed by an outdoor cistern, which was refilled every few months by a neighbor who owned a pump truck. Michelle Nijhuis, The New York Review of Books, 25 May 2022 Initially, the government said that Escobar died by accidentally falling into the cistern and drowning. Mariana Limón Rugerio, refinery29.com, 3 May 2022 Then, the cherries’ flesh is removed, and the remaining seeds — known widely as beans — go to a cistern to ferment. New York Times, 20 May 2022 How the Devil’s Hole pupfish has survived for centuries in a spa-like cistern cloistered by a barren rock mountain in Death Valley National Park remains a biological mystery. Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin cisterna, from cista box, chest — more at chest

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of cistern was in the 13th century
BNC: 10852 COCA: 22043

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