tank

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: army tankarmored combat vehiclearmoured combat vehiclestorage tanktankfultank carcooler

WordNet 3.0

Noun (5)

  1. an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treadsSynonyms: army tankarmored combat vehiclearmoured combat vehicle
  2. a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquidsSynonyms: storage tank
  3. as much as a tank will holdSynonyms: tankful
  4. a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulkSynonyms: tank car
  5. a cell for violent prisonersSynonyms: cooler

Verb (3)

  1. store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
  2. consume excessive amounts of alcohol
  3. treat in a tank“tank animal refuse”
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Webster's Dictionary (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]
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]

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