The meaning of Tank

noun

A large receptacle or storage chamber, especially for liquid or gas.

Usage examples:

Only two tonnes of liquid chlorine spilt from a storage tank after an equipment failure, but it was…

noun

A heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous articulated metal track.

Usage examples:

There is no doubt we have the finest tanks and infantry fighting vehicles in the world.

Synonims:

Armoured vehicleArmoured carCombat vehiclePanzer

noun

A cell in a police station or jail.

Usage examples:

I got thrown in once when i was underage, not to eventful though...tried to get a cop to drive me h…

verb

Short for tank engine.

Usage examples:

A large class of 0-6-0 tanks

verb

Short for tank top.

verb

Fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel.

Usage examples:

The cars stopped to tank up

verb

Fail completely, especially at great financial cost.

Usage examples:

The previous movie had tanked at the box office

verb

Defeat heavily.

Usage examples:

Rangers tanked the local side 8–0

noun

A container that holds liquid or gas

Usage examples:

A water tank, fuel/gas/oxygen tanks, a fish tank

noun

A container for holding liquid or gas

Usage examples:

A fuel/gas/propane tank, a tank of sth the car can be driven 500 miles on a single 10-gallon tank o…