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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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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.
An irregularly shaped cistern is meant to receive varying amounts of water during the operation of the machine.
Size the cistern to provide enough water storage for reasonably expected dry periods.
Behind was a court, which provided light, and a place for a water cistern supplying a communal tap.
It is a water-saving device you fit in your toilet cistern so that less water is used for flushing.
The device that caused the scare was later said to have been a ballcock from a bathroom cistern, packed with fireworks.

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