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How to pronounce “cistern”
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Pronunciation guide for cistern
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of cistern with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- 10,000 Years of Home Comfort
This is the cistern cap over here.
- Definition summary
- A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
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How to pronounce cistern
10,000 Years of Home Comfort

This is the cistern cap over here.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “cistern”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
- In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank.
- A shallow, typically oval, vessel made of porcelain, pottery, or glass.
- The receptacle that holds the fuel in an oil lamp.
- (biology) A cisterna.
- The vessel surrounding the condenser in a steam engine.
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