Meaning

A closed container for liquids or gases..

Definitions by Sense

1. A closed container for liquids or gases.
2. An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
3. A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).
4. The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
5. The amount held by a container; a tankful.
6. An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
7. (Australia, India) A reservoir or dam.
8. (botany) A structure of tightly overlapping leaves used by some bromeliads to retain water.

Example Sentences

The propane is stored in these tanks.

The tank contains unfiltered water. You really shouldn't drink from that.

The other room was a kitchen, with an open fireplace, a safe, a dresser and a tin sink, with a tap from the tank outside.

The contractors installed a new tank with gorgeous fish and corals.

The ore slurries are directed into an open tank outside the excavation site.

The tanks are full and the grass is high.

We have brought the van to a garage after we found a leak in the tank.

I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York.

Word Forms

• tanks
• tanking
• tanked

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Use tank when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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