1. (Building) a tank for the storage of water, esp on or within the roof of a house or connected to a WC 2. (Building) an underground reservoir for the storage of a liquid, esp rainwater 3. (Anatomy) anatomy another name for cisterna [C13: from Old French cisterne, from Latin cis...
a tank for the storage of water, esp on or within the roof of a house or connected to a WC an underground reservoir for the storage of a liquid, esp rainwater Etymology: 13thCentury: from Old Frenchcisterne,from Latincisternaunderground tank, fromcistabox ...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics:Housecis‧tern/ˈsɪstən$-ərn/noun[countable]acontainerin which thesupplyof water for a building is stored inside the buildingSYNtankExamples from the Corpuscistern•Eachkitcomprisesacisterndamand a ball armextension. 1Liftoff ...
The meaning of CISTERN is an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater).
Meaning extended to "tank at the end of the pipe," which would account for a possible folk-etymology change in final syllable. Other possible etymologies: Italian cesso "privy" [OED], from Latin secessus "place of retirement" (in Late Latin "privy, drain"); dialectal suspool, from ...
-a preferably round entry opening with lockable and closed cover is provided in the upper part,-the upper part of the all-purpose HA transfer tank has an entry ladder with entry aid and a galvanized work grate,-in the area of the work grate is the transfer point for all suppliers with ...
We use the cistern for showering, laundry, dish washing and toilet flushing. What if it doesn’t rain? Is there another source of water? Yes! While we also have backup holding tanks at the back of the house, collecting rain from those gutters, we also have another 250 gallon tank that...
At Environmental Cistern Cleaning Inc. we don’t (need to) enter the cistern. Because the cleaning technician cleans your water tank remotely from the outside. In addition, we perform all cleanings with the water remaining inside the cistern. There is no need to empty it first, in fact, ...
There were two types: the tank cistern and the filter cistern. Such a filter cistern was built at the Riegersburg in Austrian Styria, where a cistern was hewn out of the lava rock. Rain water passed through a sand filter and collected in the cistern. The filter cleaned the rain water ...
1. Erdtank (1) zum Sammeln von Regenwasser, bestehend aus einem allseitig druckfesten, einen Tankinnenraum (10) bildenden Behältnis, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Behältnis aus einem die Grundstücksentwässerungsanlagen mit den öffentlichen Abwasseranlagen verbindenden Revisio...