cisternnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsɪs.tən/us/ˈsɪs.tɚn/a container in which water is stored, especially one connected to a toilet or in the roof of a house
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Building: plumbing & pipes & sewage
- ballcock
- bleed
- cesspit
- conduit
- culvert
- downpipe
- flush
- leakage
- overflow
- pipeline
- piping
- plughole
- plumb
- plumber
- siphon
- stopcock
- tubing
- U-bend
- washer
- waste water 1
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Parts of buildings: the toilet
Examples from literature
- From this cistern large earthen pipes led off in various directions to irrigate the terraces below.
- In the midst of this court is a cistern, simply ornamented.
- Latterly, he adds, deep wells had been sunk, and cisterns formed for holding water.
- Their cisterns, their only dependence for water, were mostly destroyed.
- They discovered microbes in the well, and mosquitoes in the cistern, and wasps in the garret.