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cistern

[sis-tern] / ˈsɪs tərn /
NOUN
reservoir
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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

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

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

If the plumbing company refuses to repair the cistern under the original $160 fee, tell them why you are disappointed.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

There was no need to use the basin downstairs, for she could just as easily wash, as she always had, from the cistern tap.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

Another approach would be to place cisterns scattered across neighborhoods to store non-potable water locally for firefighting — as is done in Tokyo and other cities in Japan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

For at long intervals on that highway cisterns had been built for the use of troops sent in haste through the waterless regions.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien


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