tank
Meaning of tank
noun
- A closed container for liquids or gases.
- An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
- A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.
- The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
- The amount held by a container; a tankful.
I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York.
- An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
- (Australian and Indian English) A reservoir or dam.
- A large metal container for holding drinking water for animals, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.
- By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
- A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
- A unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).
- A prison cell, or prison generally.
- A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.
- To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
- To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.
- To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
- To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
- To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
- To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.
- A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
- A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
verb
To stand; to tolerate.
Information about tank
- The plural form of tank is: tanks.
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Hyphenation of tank
tank
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- tank is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
tank synonyms
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Translation of tank
- German: Panzer, Tank
- Portuguese: tanque
- French: tank, char, réservoir, citerne
- Spanish: tanque, cisterna
- Italian: cisterna
Anagrams of tank
Words that rhyme with tank
antitank, copintank, thermotank, outstank, overstank, stank
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