tanknoun [ C ]
uk/tæŋk/us/tæŋk/tank noun [ C ] (CONTAINER)
C2 a container that holds liquid or gas:
a water tank
a fuel/petrol tank
More examples
- We'll have to get a plumber in to look at that water tank.
- There was a tank of live lobsters in the restaurant.
- Liquid and solid waste is collected in the tank.
- Oil was trickling from a tiny hole in the tank.
- The car blew up when flames reached its fuel tank.
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Containers for liquids and gases
- aerosol
- amphora
- bottle
- bucket
- canister
- flask
- inkwell
- jar
- jeroboam
- jerrycan
- jug
- keg
- oxygen tank
- pitcher
- vacuum flask
- vase
- vat
- vial
- water bottle
- water tank
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tank noun [ C ] (VEHICLE)
C1 a large military fighting vehicle designed to protect those inside it from attack, driven by wheels that turn inside moving metal belts
Examples
- He was killed when his tank ran over a mine.
- The gun fires a shell capable of piercing the armour of an enemy tank.
- The second projectile exploded after hitting a tank.
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Army & military vehicles
- armor
- armor-plated
- armored
- armored personnel carrier
- armour
- armour-plated
- armoured
- armoured personnel carrier
- carrier
- Humvee
- Jeep
- motorized
- personnel carrier
- transport plane
- troop carrier
tank noun [ C ] (POOL)
Indian English an artificial pool or lake, especially a lake for supplying water to an area
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Inland waters
- body
- crater lake
- fiord
- fjord
- L, l
- lake
- loch
- lough
- millpond
- oasis
- oxbow lake
- pond
- pool
- reservoir
- ribbon lake
- slop
- stretch
- tarn
- waterhole
- waterway
tankverb [ I ]
uk/tæŋk/us/tæŋk/informalto go down in price, value, etc., or to become less successful:
The state was expecting an increase in tax revenues, but that was before the economy tanked.
Car exports in the year to April tanked 23 percent.
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Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let sth down
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- minimize
- nip
- slash
- step sth down
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
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Phrasal verb(s)
tank up