Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reservatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
reser-va-to-ry
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place in which things are reserved or kept.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin reservatorium, from resservare. See reserve and compare reservoir.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: reservatorium

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does reservatory mean?
A place in which things are reserved or kept.
Where does reservatory come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce reservatory

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