cisterns
Rainwater storage vessels
Cisterns are tanks or reservoirs for storing water, typically rainwater collected from roofs.
Unlike wells, which tap groundwater, cisterns hold water that has been gathered and channeled into them.
The word appears in both practical contexts The old farmhouse relied on a cistern and figurative ones, where any vessel or container might be called a cistern.
Large storage vessel
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- basinConcave water receptacle
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- containerThing for storing items
rainwater · collection · catchment · capacity · underground · rooftop · brick · concrete
Of ancient Italy's capital
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- archaeologicalOf studying ancient remains
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
- biblicalOf sacred texts
Jerusalem · Masada · fortress · castle · palace · ruins · limestone · carved
Gathering mature crops
- gutterEdge channel for runoff
- downspoutVertical roof drainage pipe
- runoffExcess water drainage
- roofBuilding's protective top
collection · potable · irrigation · garden · drought · conservation · barrel · diverter
tank
Large storage vessel
container · rainwater · collection · catchment · capacity · underground · rooftop · brick · concrete · stone
Roman
Of ancient Italy's capital
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- archaeologicalOf studying ancient remains
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
biblical · Jerusalem · Masada · fortress · castle · palace · ruins · limestone · carved · hewn
harvesting
Gathering mature crops
roof · collection · potable · irrigation · garden · drought · conservation · barrel · diverter
toilet
Waste disposal fixture
valve · fill · supply · bathroom · fixture · gravity · bowl · mechanism · flapper · refill
- storagedrive, silos, bins, tanks, storehouse
- sanitationsewage, sewers, cleaning, sewer, disinfecting
- water resourcesfreshwater, aquifers, water supply, water storage, aquifer
- water systemswater pipes, water pipe, water storage, water line, irrigation ditches
- homesteadinghomesteading, self-sufficiency, off-grid living, off-grid, chicken coop
- water civilizationNile, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus Valley, Tigris
cisternswells
Excavated water sources
springs · aquifers · artesian wells · boreholes · natural springs