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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tank  \Tank\,  n. 
  A  pond,  pool,  or  small  lake,  natural  or  artificial. 
 
  We  stood  in  the  afterglow  on  the  bank  of  the  tank  and 
  saw  the  ducks  come  homa.  --F. 
  Remington. 
 
  The  tanks  are  full  and  the  grass  is  high.  --Lawson. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tank  \Tank\,  n. 
  A  small  Indian  dry  measure,  averaging  240  grains  in  weight; 
  also  a  Bombay  weight  of  72  grains,  for  pearls.  --Simmonds. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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["o]l.),  a  small  nematoid  worm  found  in  the 
  water  tanks  of  India,  supposed  by  some  to  be  the  young  of 
  the  Guinea  worm. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tank 
  n  1:  an  enclosed  armored  military  vehicle;  has  a  cannon  and  moves 
  on  caterpillar  treads  [syn:  {army  tank},  {armored  combat 
  vehicle}] 
  2:  a  large  (usually  metallic)  container  for  holding  gases  or 
  liquids  [syn:  {storage  tank}] 
  3:  as  much  as  a  tank  will  hold  [syn:  {tankful}] 
  4:  a  freight  car  that  transports  liquids  or  gases  in  bulk  [syn: 
  {tank  car}] 
  5:  a  cell  for  violent  prisoners  [syn:  {cooler}] 
  v  1:  store  in  a  tank  by  causing  something  to  flow  into  it 
  2:  treat  in  a  tank;  "tank  animal  refuse" 




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