cistern
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Water to fight fires from a pool or from rainwater stored in tanks or a cistern.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Peter Vincent, who lives in Grove Hill, said he noticed that the "cistern wasn't refilling properly" on Sunday morning.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025
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
Boys navigate the terrain on donkeys — water is drawn from a cistern, and grain is stored in a cave, where women and girls light cooking fires and talk about makeup and strangers who visit.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023
I prodded him and shouted, “Do you have a cistern, a well, anything?”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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