'Tank' definitions:
Definition of 'tank'
(from WordNet)
noun
An enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads [syn: tank, army tank, armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle]
noun
A large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids [syn: tank, storage tank]
noun
As much as a tank will hold [syn: tank, tankful]
noun
A freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk [syn: tank car, tank]
noun
A cell for violent prisoners [syn: cooler, tank]
verb
Store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
verb
Consume excessive amounts of alcohol
verb
Treat in a tank; "tank animal refuse"
Definition of 'Tank'
From: GCIDE
- Tank \Tank\ (t[a^][ng]k), n. A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls. --Simmonds. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tank'
From: GCIDE
- Tank \Tank\ (t[a^][ng]k), n. [Pg. tanque, L. stangum a pool; or perhaps of East Indian origin. Cf. Stank, n.]
- 1. A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- We stood in the afterglow on the bank of the tank and saw the ducks come home. --F. Remington.
- The tanks are full and the grass is high. --Lawson. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. (Mil.) a heavily armored combat vehicle which moves on caterpillar treads, rather than wheels. It typically carries a cannon and a heavy machine, and sometimes other weapons. It is the main distinguishing weapon of an armored division. [PJC]
- 4. a jail cell for temporarily holding prisoners, as in a police station. [PJC]
- 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 (Zool.), a small nematoid worm found in the water tanks of India, supposed by some to be the young of the Guinea worm. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tank'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- archives,
- armory,
- arsenal,
- artificial lake,
- attic,
- bag,
- baggage car,
- bank,
- barrel,
- basement,
- basket,
- bay,
- bayou lake,
- bin,
- bonded warehouse,
- bookcase,
- bottle,
- box,
- box up,
- boxcar,
- bunker,
- buttery,
- caboose,
- can,
- capsule,
- car,
- cargo dock,
- carriage,
- carton,
- case,
- cask,
- cellar,
- chair car,
- chest,
- cistern,
- closet,
- coach,
- coal car,
- conservatory,
- covered waggon,
- crate,
- crib,
- cupboard,
- dam,
- day coach,
- dead water,
- depository,
- depot,
- dike,
- diner,
- dinghy,
- dining car,
- dock,
- drawer,
- drawing room,
- dump,
- encase,
- encyst,
- etang,
- exchequer,
- farm pond,
- fishpond,
- flat,
- flatcar,
- freshwater lake,
- glacial lake,
- glory hole,
- godown,
- gondola,
- hamper,
- hold,
- hutch,
- inland sea,
- jar,
- lagoon,
- laguna,
- lake,
- lakelet,
- landlocked water,
- library,
- linn,
- local,
- loch,
- locker,
- lough,
- luggage van,
- lumber room,
- lumberyard,
- magasin,
- magazine,
- mail car,
- mail van,
- mere,
- millpond,
- millpool,
- nyanza,
- oxbow lake,
- pack,
- package,
- palace car,
- parcel,
- parlor car,
- passenger car,
- plash,
- pond,
- pondlet,
- pool,
- pot,
- puddle,
- Pullman,
- Pullman car,
- rack,
- railway car,
- reefer,
- refrigerator car,
- repertory,
- repository,
- reservoir,
- rick,
- roomette,
- sack,
- salina,
- salt pond,
- shelf,
- sleeper,
- smoker,
- smoking car,
- stack,
- stack room,
- stagnant water,
- standing water,
- still water,
- stock room,
- stockcar,
- storage,
- store,
- storehouse,
- storeroom,
- sump,
- supply base,
- supply depot,
- tarn,
- tender,
- tidal pond,
- tin,
- treasure house,
- treasure room,
- treasury,
- truck,
- van,
- vat,
- vault,
- volcanic lake,
- waggon,
- warehouse,
- water hole,
- water pocket,
- well,
- wine cellar
Words containing 'Tank'
- tanked,
- tankful,
- Fermentation tank,
- Flush tank,
- Tank engine,
- Tank iron,
- Tank ship,
- Tank top,
- Tank vessel,
- Tank warfare,
- Tank worm,
- army tank,
- fish tank,
- gas tank,
- gasoline tank,
- pachuca tank,
- petrol tank,
- septic tank,
- storage tank,
- tank car,
- tank circuit,
- tank destroyer,
- tank driver,
- tank farm,
- tank farming,
- tank furnace,
- tank locomotive,
- tank shell,
- tank suit,
- think tank,
- water tank,
- hot-water tank