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cistern

[sis-tern] / ˈsɪs tərn /
NOUN
reservoir
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They traced the sound back to the cistern and climbed up about seven feet to its small opening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

A large bear and her three cubs fell into the concrete cistern in Marshall Canyon County Park near the Claremont Wilderness Park’s 5-Mile Loop Trail, where they were rescued late Saturday night, the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Coffee gives the example of a basketball court in the Netherlands that also serves as a giant storm drain, with seating around the edges that channels rainwater down into a cistern under the court.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Based on your account, the cistern appears to have developed a new fault immediately after the repair and/or the original problem may have been more complex than first realised.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

After I urinated, I wanted to flush but the cistern was empty; the lever went limply up and down.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

School children have outings to waterworks to understand how precious the resource is, and households have embraced water-saving devices for shower heads and toilet cisterns.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Farmers in tractors tugged water cisterns and aimed hoses at the blaze.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

When it runs out, he jumps from one rooftop to another to gather buckets of water from nearby cisterns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

The bigger concern is ingestion, as the fog covers plants or open water cisterns, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2025

I did every dirty job there was: I cleaned outhouses and strained bugs out of cisterns.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm


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