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Tank : (noun)
1: an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves
on caterpillar treads [syn: army tank, armored combat
vehicle, armoured combat vehicle]
2: a large (usually metallic) vessel 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]
(verb)
1: store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
2: treat in a tank; "tank animal refuse"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Tank : \Tank\, n.
A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight;
also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls. --Simmonds.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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