tank.
A closed container for liquids or gases.
Meaning & usage
A closed container for liquids or gases.
The propane is stored in these tanks.
The tank contains unfiltered water. You really shouldn't drink from that.
An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
The contractors installed a new tank with gorgeous fish and corals.
The ore slurries are directed into an open tank outside the excavation site.
A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).
The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
We have brought the van to a garage after we found a leak in the tank.
The amount held by a container; a tankful.
I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York.
An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
The journalist mistook the self-propelled artillery vehicle for a tank.
Few remember the female tanks that were produced between the World Wars.
A reservoir or dam (as it is known in the rest of Australia).
A structure of tightly overlapping leaves used by some bromeliads to retain water.
A very muscular and physically imposing person; somebody who is built like a tank.
A bouncer or doorman.
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).
The paladin can make for a decent tank, but I recommend that you get a class with better taunting skills.
A prison cell, or prison generally.
drunk tank
The sheriff threw us in the tank without charges!
A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.
Ellipsis of tank engine or tank locomotive.
Ellipsis of tank top.
Where this word comes from
From Portuguese tanque (“tank, liquid container”), from an Indo-Aryan language, likely Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī, “cistern”) or Marathi टांकी (ṭāṅkī). A false friend can be found in North Germanic: dunk (“canister, keg”), 17th c. tönk, which appears derived from both Low German tunneke, Dutch tonneke (diminutive of "barrel"), and dunka (“to dunk, to dip under water, to moisten”). * In the sense of armoured vehicle, prototypes were described as tanks for carrying water to disguise their nature and due to physical resemblance. First attested in 1915, but in common usage only as of 1916. Displaced landship, and mostly displaced battlewagon.
To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet. to flop; drop in popularity (of a musician/group)
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.
To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
Concrete below ground must be fully tanked to prevent water uptake.
To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.
To stand; to tolerate.
To willingly take on an undesirable task or burden.
Where this word comes from
From Portuguese tanque (“tank, liquid container”), from an Indo-Aryan language, likely Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī, “cistern”) or Marathi टांकी (ṭāṅkī). A false friend can be found in North Germanic: dunk (“canister, keg”), 17th c. tönk, which appears derived from both Low German tunneke, Dutch tonneke (diminutive of "barrel"), and dunka (“to dunk, to dip under water, to moisten”). * In the sense of armoured vehicle, prototypes were described as tanks for carrying water to disguise their nature and due to physical resemblance. First attested in 1915, but in common usage only as of 1916. Displaced landship, and mostly displaced battlewagon.
A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
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