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reservoir
[rez-er-vwahr, -vwawr, -vawr, rez-uh-] 
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reservoir
[rez-er-vwahr, -vwawr, -vawr, rez-uh-]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accumulation, repository |
| Synonyms: | backlog, basin, cistern, container, fund, holder, lake, nest egg, pond, pool, receptacle, reserve, source, spring, stock, stockpile, storage, store, supply, tank, tarn |
| Antonyms: | nothingness, zilch |
| Main Entry: | bank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial institution |
| Synonyms: | coffer, countinghouse, credit union, depository, exchequer, fund, hoard, investment firm, repository, reserve, reservoir, safe, savings, stock, stockpile, store, storehouse, thrift, treasury, trust company, vault |
| Main Entry: | fountain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | source, often of liquid |
| Synonyms: | bubbler, cause, font, fount, geyser, gush, inception, inspiration, jet, lode, mainspring, mine, origin, play, provenance, provenience, pump, reservoir, root, spout, spray, spring, stream, well, wellhead, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | fund |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repository, reserve |
| Synonyms: | armamentarium, capital, endowment, foundation, hoard, inventory, kitty, mine, pool*, reservoir, source, stock, store, storehouse, supply, treasury, trust, vein |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hoard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stockpile |
| Synonyms: | abundance, accumulation, agglomeration, aggregation, amassment, backlog, cache, collection, conglomeration, cumulation, fund, garner, heap, inventory, mass, nest egg, pile, reserve, reservoir, riches, stock, store, supply, treasure, treasure-trove, trove, wealth |
| Notes: | a hoard is a collection or the action that creates one; a horde is a crowd, sometimes unfriendly |
| Antonyms: | debt |
| Main Entry: | inventory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | list of stock; stock |
| Synonyms: | account, backlog, catalogue, file, fund, hoard, index, itemization, record, register, reserve, reservoir, roll, roster, schedule, stock book, stockpile, store, summary, supply, table, tabulation |
| Main Entry: | lake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inland body of water |
| Synonyms: | basin, creek, inland sea, lagoon, lakelet, loch, mere, millpond, mouth, pond, pool, reservoir, sluice, spring, tarn |
| Main Entry: | reserve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supply |
| Synonyms: | ace in hole, assets, backlog, cache, capital, drop, emergency fund, fund, hoard, insurance, inventory, nest egg, plant, provisions, rainy day fund, reservoir, resources, savings, stash, stock, stockpile, store, wealth |
| Antonyms: | emptiness, nothing |
| Main Entry: | stock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | merchandise |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, array, articles, assets, assortment, backlog, cache, choice, commodities, fund, goods, hoard, inventory, nest egg, pharmacopoeia, produce, range, reserve, reservoir, selection, stockpile, store, supply, variety, wares |
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