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What is a cistern?

What is a cistern? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
  2. (technical) In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank.
  3. (anatomy) A cisterna.
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The device that caused the scare was later said to have been a ballcock from a bathroom cistern, packed with fireworks.
At 2.45 we see a fibre-glass cistern in the water off Calheta, and under it is a vast shoal of electric-blue dorados.
The oil reservoir, or font, was mounted on top of the cistern, and the flow of oil into it was controlled by a valve.
It is a water-saving device you fit in your toilet cistern so that less water is used for flushing.
He fled to his cistern to bring back water, but though the fledgling grasped the cup and strove to drink, he could not force it down.
Then our bathroom's ageing cistern started to play up, so I made a quick phone call to our reasonable and reliable plumber.

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