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tank |
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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