reservatory

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin reservatorium, from resservare. See reserve and compare reservoir.

Noun

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reservatory (plural reservatories)

  1. 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

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reservatory (not comparable)

  1. reserving something
    a reservatory clause

References

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reservatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.