Tank
[tæŋk]
Definition
(noun.) a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids.
(noun.) an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads.
(noun.) as much as a tank will hold.
(verb.) treat in a tank; 'tank animal refuse'.
(verb.) consume excessive amounts of alcohol.
(verb.) store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it.
Edited by Diana--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
(n.) A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.
Inputed by Jon
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cistern, reservoir.
Edited by Lenore
Definition
n. a large basin or cistern: a reservoir of water.—v.t. to cause to flow into a tank: to plunge into a tank.—ns. Tank′age the act of storing oil &c. in tanks: the price charged for such storage: the capacity of a tank or series of tanks; Tank′-car a railway-car for carrying petroleum in bulk in a long cylindrical tank; Tank′-en′gine a locomotive that carries the water and coal it requires; Tank′-worm a nematode worm in the mud of tanks in India.
Typist: Shelley
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a tank, foretells you will be prosperous and satisfied beyond your expectations. To see a leaking tank, denotes loss in your affairs.
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Examples
- This vapor is rendered intensely cold by expansion, and this cold is imparted to the water in tank _a_ to freeze it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Such being done, place your ventilator first, egg drawer next, and tank last. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- We have to have a tank, he said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But it was still clear of any car, or tank or men. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Near this stand-pipe in the upper story is placed a water supply tank. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The heating furnace and oil tank are served by a sixty-ton traveling crane and forty-ton jib crane. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A tank had been promised and it had not come up and Montero was sitting with his head in his hand saying, The tank has not come. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- To make this incubator get your tinner to make you a tank 15 inches wide, 30 inches long, and 12 inches deep, of galvanized iron or zinc, the iron being preferable. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Similar rods support the opposite electrodes of the tank. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It may be a pit, a box, a mow, a tank, a building, or a trench in the earth. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- If we represent a boiler by _B_, a radiator by the coiled tube, and a safety tank by _C_, we shall have a very fair illustration of the principle of a hot-water heating system. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A tank _a_ is filled with water to be frozen or cooled. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- To the lay mind a storage battery presents itself in the aspect of a device in which electric energy is STORED, just as compressed air is stored or accumulated in a tank. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Here is the tank. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The models of that period are referred to as camel backs by reason of the location and shape of the gasoline tank on the rear mud guard. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Small elevated tanks, like those of the windmill, frequently have heavy iron bands around their lower portion as a protection against the extra strain. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- These cranes, adapted for the lifting and carrying of enormous loads, were worked by hydraulic pressure obtained from elevated tanks or reservoirs, as above indicated. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This is done by attaching to the service pipe tanks filled with filtering material, through which the water flows before reaching the boiler. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Blow it if tanks come, he said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In a house in which there were twenty burners, the tanks were filled with water and carbide but once a fortnight. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- No less than a hundred tanks were abandoned _because they ran out of petrol_! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These are anti-tanks. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Its ray tanks were charged only with sufficient repulsive energy to lift two ordinary men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I hope to God they don't have any armored cars come up or any tanks. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The top of this verandah was flat, the rain-water being carried off from it by pipes into tanks which helped to supply the house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And he did not use tanks. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That is the only road on which they can get up tanks, or artillery, or even move a truck toward the pass which I attack. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- With our tanks coming down that road, the people coming through from the right and down and past La Granja and the whole left of the mountains turned. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It is then placed in melting tanks at a temperature of 122° to 124° F, and the clear yellow oil is drawn off and allowed to stand until it granulates. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Is that the famous tanks, _Ingl閟? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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