Tank : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Tank	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Tank
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tank n an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads Synonym(s): tank, army tank, armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids Synonym(s): tank, storage tank as much as a tank will hold Synonym(s): tank, tankful a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk Synonym(s): tank car, tank a cell for violent prisoners Synonym(s): cooler, tank v store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it consume excessive amounts of alcohol treat in a tank; "tank animal refuse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tank \Tank\, n. A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls. --Simmonds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[94]l.), a small nematoid worm found in the water tanks of India, supposed by some to be the young of the Guinea worm.