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

Once through the entrance, visitors make their way down a narrow flight of stone steps before abruptly entering the vast site of the cistern. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026

In a pit below the stage was a cistern containing dead rodents. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

In both Wilde’s play and Strauss’s opera, Salome is obsessed with Jokanaan (John the Baptist), who is being held as a political prisoner in a cistern, his disembodied voice floating around the stage. — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026

The find included six large rooms, including one almost 1,000 square feet in area, and the remains of olive oil production equipment, channels for funneling the oil into collection basins, a cistern for storing the oil, and pieces of ceramic vessels. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026