tank

IPA: tˈæŋk

A closed container for liquids or gases.
An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).
The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
The amount held by a container; a tankful.
An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
(Australia, India) A reservoir or dam.
(Southwestern US, chiefly Texas) A large metal container for holding drinking water for animals, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.
(Southwestern US, chiefly Texas) By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
(colloquial) A very muscular and physically imposing person; somebody who is built like a tank.
(UK, slang, dated, by extension) A bouncer or doorman.
(roleplaying games, board games, video games) a unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).
(US, slang) A prison cell, or prison generally.
(poker, slang) A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.
A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
(rail transport) Short for tank engine and tank locomotive.
(clothing) Short for tank top. [An item of casual clothing: a top with no sleeves.]

To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
(video games) To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.
(transitive) To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
(fandom slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
(originally poker, slang) To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.
to put or keep in a tank
(Singapore, informal) To stand; to tolerate.

Examples of "tank" in Sentences

You'll know precisely how full the tank is at all times.
The separation of Atlantis from the main tank is AWESOME.
After while however weapons must be matched — the best defense against a tank is another tank.
Does this mean wars now have referees who decide whether or not a tank is allowed to go into battle?
Patty went with her uncle to what he called the tank-room, and there Mr. Barlow discovered that the leak was in a supply pipe which could easily be shut off.
And he was -- so he was treated to maintain the function of his lungs, and then we took him into what we call the tank room, and cleaned up his wounds, took off the dead tissue and so forth, and put him in a white cream that we use, an antibiotic cream.