noun A restriction. The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
The book is on reserve.
noun The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
The book is on reserve.
noun Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
noun That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use. A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
New oil reserves are continuously being discovered, but not as fast as the existing ones are running out.
noun A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
New oil reserves are continuously being discovered, but not as fast as the existing ones are running out.
noun A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose
the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio was originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut.
noun A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group: Indian reserve.
noun A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
no reserves [the military force is throwing everything it has at the front]