cistern
Example Sentences
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The court heard Nath - after realising he had been "rumbled" - threw the bottle of Madagascar vanilla extract into a toilet cistern but it was later recovered by police.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
Solar or battery-operated pumps that draw from cistern, pool or other water source.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Once back home, Yazzie has her son refill a cistern in the family’s yard.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024
Near the village of Jaun, a construction crew was laying pipes to deliver electricity and water from a new cistern to six local farms.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024
Why do I recall, instead of the odor of seed bursting in springtime, only the yellow contents of the cistern spread over the lawn's dead grass?
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
