Synonyms of cistern

cistern

noun

as in tub

Related Words

• tub
• vat
• drum
• cask
• pipe
• scuttlebutt
• keg
• hogshead
• tun
• barrel
• puncheon
• firkin
• butt
• kilderkin
• can
• rundlet

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cistern

For more water, install barrels at each downspout, connect several rain barrels together, or go for a larger cistern. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026

Solar panels also were added to the park in 2017 and 2018, and a cistern was installed to collect water from the splash pad, which was repurposed for the irrigation of the sports fields. — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026

The park has a full-size soccer field, a sunken basketball court that doubles as a reservoir, a long wooden walkway raised above plantings and tall grasses, a community pavilion, a café, and a fifty-thousand-gallon cistern that captures rain for irrigation. — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

She’s taken, perversely, with John the Baptist, imprisoned in a cistern and prophesying doom for the decadent, Godless heathens, Salome in particular. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026