reservatory
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin reservatorium, from resservare. See reserve and compare reservoir.
Noun edit
reservatory (plural reservatories)
- A place in which things are reserved or kept.
- 1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC:
- I got such Notice of that subterranean Reservatory as to enable me to make a Computation of the Quantity of Water
Adjective edit
reservatory (not comparable)
- reserving something
- a reservatory clause
References edit
“reservatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.