-ˌlād.ə(r), -ātə- noun
( -s )
: one that accumulates: as
a. : an apparatus for storing energy (as a cylinder containing water under the pressure of a weighted piston for hydraulic presses)
b. : a contrivance to take up the force of a sudden strain (as a system of springs or an elastic section in a chain)
c. Britain : storage cell
d. : a vessel for collecting a gas or liquid usually for temporary storage
e. : a part (as in a computer) where numbers are totaled or stored
f. chiefly Britain : parlay 1