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Tank

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tank carnoun(rail transport) A railroad car or rolling stock designed to transport liquids or gases.
coolernounAn insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.
tankfulnounThe amount (usually of a fluid) that will fill a tank.
storage tankStorage tanks are containers that hold liquids or compressed gases.
armored combat vehiclenounAlternative spelling of armoured combat vehicle. [(British spelling, military) An armed and armoured military vehicle for fighting troops, which runs on wheels or caterpillar track.]
army tanknounan enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads

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WordDefinition
tank carnoun(rail transport) A railroad car or rolling stock designed to transport liquids or gases.
armored combat vehiclenounAlternative spelling of armoured combat vehicle. [(British spelling, military) An armed and armoured military vehicle for fighting troops, which runs on wheels or caterpillar track.]
coolernounAn insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.
army tanknounan enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
storage tankStorage tanks are containers that hold liquids or compressed gases.
chutenounA framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
caissonnoun(engineering) An enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.
barrelnoun(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
pumpnounA device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
sluicenounAn artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
girdernounA beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
hatchnounA horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
cisternnounA reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
forebaynoun(reservoirs) An artificial pool of water ahead of a larger body of water.
trucknoun(countable, uncountable, US, Canada, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.
tankernoun(nautical) A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
poolnounA small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
antitank(military) Of weapons or tactics, designed for thwarting or (especially) attacking tanks or other armored fighting vehicles.
holenounA hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
armournounBritish standard spelling of armor.

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