reservatory
English
Etymology
From Latin reservatorium, from resservare. See reserve and compare reservoir.
Noun
reservatory (plural reservatories)
- A place in which things are reserved or kept.
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Adjective
reservatory (not comparable)
- reserving something
- a reservatory clause
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for reservatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)