cistern
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
Types & categories
- sac hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet
Types & categories
- storage tank hypernym
Sense 3 noun
an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater
Types & categories
- pool hypernym
- reservoir hypernym
- cesspool hyponym
- rain barrel hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sac |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | storage tank |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pool |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | reservoir |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cesspool |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rain barrel |