EGAVE

tank

About 14.73 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A closed container for liquids or gases.
    The propane is stored in these tanks.
  2. noun An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
    The contractors installed a new tank with gorgeous fish and corals.
  3. noun A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).
  4. noun The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
    We have brought the van to a garage after we found a leak in the tank.
  5. noun The amount held by a container; a tankful.
    I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York.
  6. noun An armored fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    The journalist mistook the self-propelled artillery vehicle for a tank.
  7. noun A reservoir or dam (as it is known in the rest of Australia).
  8. noun A structure of tightly overlapping leaves used by some bromeliads to retain water.

Similar words

tank car armored combat vehicle cooler army tank storage tank chute caisson barrel pump sluice

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Word family

tanked tankful tankfuls tanking tanklike tanks

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