tank

IPA: tˈæŋk

noun

  • 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.]

verb

  • 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.
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Examples of "tank" in Sentences

  • The steam heats the water in the tank.
  • The water in the tank was measurable in gills.
  • I thought greywater was the water in septic tanks.
  • A heater is provided for heating the water in the tank.
  • As the water sprays, the liquid is pumped out of the tank.
  • An ultra violet light bulb sterilizes the water in the tank.
  • So they tie the rope to a tank of gas and dangle it over the water.
  • The blade is placed in a large stock watering tank to mix the material.
  • Compressed air is used to return the water from the tanks to the reservoir.
  • The floating material is then skimmed from the surface of the water in the tank.

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