tank

[tank]

A tank is a large container for gases or liquids, like a tank of oil. Another kind of tank is an armored military vehicle with a cannon. If you see that kind of tank driving down the road, run for cover!

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A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

Noun
a cell for violent prisoners

Noun
a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids

Noun
an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads

Noun
a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk

Noun
as much as a tank will hold

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Verb
treat in a tank; "tank animal refuse"

Verb
store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it


n.
A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

n.
A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.


Tank

Tank , n. A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls. Simmonds.

Tank

Tank, n. [Pg. tanque, L. stangum a pool; or perhaps of East Indian origin. Cf. Stank, n.] A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids. Tank engine, a locomotive which carries the water and fuel it requires, thus dispensing with a tender. -- Tank iron, plate iron thinner than boiler plate, and thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron. -- Tank worm (Zo'94l.), a small nematoid worm found in the water tanks of India, supposed by some to be the young of the Guinea worm.

A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.

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Usage Examples

By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.

The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car... a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result they get little.

On my job I end up jumping out of planes. Last week I got in an 18-wheeler and drove down a runway onto a skid track. The week before that they put me in a car and sunk me to the bottom of a lake to see if I could escape without an oxygen tank.

I carry groceries home on the tank of my motorcycle.

The Leadership Training Institute of America is a cultural think tank providing training and opportunity in leadership development and cultural dynamics.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I'm a mom, so I have to be comfortable. Jeans are a staple - I have way too many in my closet! It's warm in Florida, so I wear jeans and a tank top every day. I love my True Religions, my Rich and Skinny, and Citizens of Humanity. But I also love getting dressed up!

It would be great if politics were fact-based, but it is not, and it is surely not nuance-based. What works in a classroom or a think tank does not work on Capitol Hill or in the White House. Obama sometimes seems to be running the Brookings Institution, not the country.

Whenever the lion fish in the fish tank in the captain's ready room died it was always a sad moment.

An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.

I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine.

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