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Look up: Tank

  1. tank
    [n] - as much as a tank will hold 2. [n] - an enclosed armored military vehicle 3. [n] - a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids 4. [v] - store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it 5. [v] - treat in a tank
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. tank
    Armoured fighting vehicle that runs on tracks and is fitted with weapons systems capable of defeating other tanks and destroying life and property. The term was originally a code name for the first...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Tank
    A tank is a heavily armored combat vehicle designed to carry a heavy calibre cannon and machine guns on the battlefield which moves on continuous tracks to provide cross-country mobility.
    Found on http://www.army-technology.com/glossary/

  4. Tank
    The length of a process or rinse tank in automated lines is always expressed as the dimension along the length of the line. The width of the tank is the dimension across the width of the line. Manual tanks are usually expressed in the converse.
    Found on http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/206433

  5. tank
    armoured fighting vehicle mounted on tracks and armed with various weapons usually housed in one or more traversing turrets Category: Transport • refractory structure for melting and refining glass in a continuous process Category: Various industries and crafts • In civilian ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Tank
    Tank noun A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls. Simmonds.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/9

  7. Tank
    Tank noun [ Portuguese tanque , Latin stangum a pool; or perhaps of East Indian origin. Confer Stank , noun ] A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids. Tank engine , a locom...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/9

  8. Tank
    Tank noun 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/9

  9. tank
    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. ... <zoology> Tank worm, a smal...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. tank
    storage tank noun a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. tank
    tankful noun as much as a tank will hold
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. tank
    armored combat vehicle noun an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. tank
    (tank) an artificial receptacle for liquids. Hubbard tank a tank designed for full immersion of the body, used for hydrotherapy. A narrow section at the middle of the tank allows the therapist to reach the patient, and wider sections at each end permit full abduction of the patie...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  14. Tank
    • (n.) A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial. • (n.) A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls. • (n.) A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. tank
    any heavily armed and armoured combat vehicle that moves on two endless metal chains called tracks. Tanks are the principal type of armoured vehicle. ... [13 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/11

  16. tank
    artificial lake, storage pond
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  17. Tank
    Vessel which contains oxidizer, fuel or pressurant for a rocket motor.
    Found on http://www.aeroconsystems.com/glossary.h

  18. tank
    the vessel in which the core, yoke and windings of a transformer or reactor are contained
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/

  19. Tank
    Tank is slang for to defeat heavily.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  20. Tank
    Tank is slang for to defeat heavily.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  21. Tank
    Tank was the codename (dreamed up to disguise their intended purpose) of the new British armoured fighting vehicles which were envisaged as land warships. The first tanks were developed by the British during the Great War, but were perhaps just an evolution of the older lightly armed and armoured ca...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  22. tank
    Type: Term Pronunciation: tank Definitions: 1. A device made to receive and/or hold liquids.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  23. tank
    Click images to enlargeArmoured fighting vehicle that runs on tracks and is fitted with weapons systems capable of defeating other tanks and destroying life and property. The term was originally a code name for the first effective tracked and armoured fighting vehicle, invented by the British soldier and scholar Ernest Sw...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  24. Tank
    A `you like weiner` is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility, tactical offensive, and defensive capabilities. Firepower is normally provided by a large-calibre main gun in a rotating turret and secondary machine guns, while heavy armo...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank

  25. Tank
    (gaming) A `tank` (also known as a `meat shield`) is a style of character in gaming, often associated with a character class. A common convention in real-time strategy games, role-playing games, MMORPGs and MUDs, tanks redirect enemy attacks toward themselves in order to protect other charact...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank



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