Vat - English meaning

noun

A cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them.

Usage examples:

The wine is then matured in old barrels

verb

Drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control.

Usage examples:

We barrelled across the everglades

noun

A large wooden container with a flat top and bottom and curving sides that are wider in the middle

Usage examples:

We were barreling along at 80 miles an hour.

noun

A bowl for washing, typically attached to a wall and having taps connected to a water supply; a washbasin.

Usage examples:

‘i liked the traditional idea of washing with a basin and ewer,’ he reflects.

noun

A receptacle in which to deposit rubbish.

Usage examples:

Bin wagons, rubbish bins and boxes are all in line for a major shake-up to smooth the way for kerbs…

verb

Throw (something) away by putting it in a bin.

Usage examples:

Piles of junk that should have been binned years ago

prefix

Variant form of bi- before a vowel (as in binaural ).

noun

A fuel-burning apparatus or container for heating water.

Usage examples:

As part of last year's work the boiler and central heating system was upgraded with the bedrooms an…

noun

A device that heats water esp. to provide heating and hot water in a house

verb

(of a person or animal) hit (someone or something) with the head or horns.

Usage examples:

She butted him in the chest

noun

A push or blow, especially one given with the head.

Usage examples:

The characters can fight hand to hand using punches, kicks, nudges, butts, combos…

noun

The person or thing at which criticism or ridicule is directed.

Usage examples:

His singing is the butt of dozens of jokes

noun

A round or cylindrical container used for storing such things as food, chemicals, or rolls of film.

Usage examples:

Pill bottles or film canisters make excellent storage containers for seeds.

noun

A container with a cover, used for storing foods or objects

Usage examples:

I bought brightly colored canisters to hold sugar and flour.

noun

A large container like a barrel, made of wood, metal or plastic and used for storing liquids, typically alcoholic drinks.

Usage examples:

The wine is stored in oak casks

noun

A strong, round, wooden container used for storing liquid

noun

A tank for storing water, especially one supplying taps or as part of a flushing toilet.

Usage examples:

It is a water-saving device you fit in your toilet cistern so that less water is used for flushing.

noun

An object for holding or transporting something.

Usage examples:

The cakes will keep for up to two weeks if kept in an airtight container

noun

A percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped, with a taut membrane over one or both ends.

Usage examples:

A shuffling dance to the beat of a drum

verb

Play on a drum or drums.

Usage examples:

He channelled his energies into drumming with local groups

noun

A long, narrow hill, especially one separating two parallel valleys.

noun

A device or implement for holding something.

Usage examples:

I replaced the phone in its holder

noun

A device for putting objects in or for keeping them in place

Usage examples:

A cup/paper towel holder, property holders, competition benefits credit card holders.

noun

A person who officially owns something

Usage examples:

A credit card holder, property holders were pleased with the tax cut.

noun

A tub or vat for holding liquid, especially in brewing or bleaching.

Usage examples:

Traditionally, a keeve might be set up in november and the bottling carried out in april.

noun

A small barrel, especially one of less than 10 gallons or (in the us) 30 gallons.

Usage examples:

The owners of this bar have been very good to us, and occasionally even send down kegs of beer in t…

noun

A small barrel (= container with a circular top and bottom and curved sides)

noun

A child or young person.

Usage examples:

She collected the kids from school

verb

(of a goat) give birth.

Usage examples:

Milk fever usually occurs in heavy milkers shortly after kidding

verb

Deceive (someone) in a playful way; tease.

Usage examples:

You're kidding me!

noun

A vat.

Usage examples:

An apparatus for wet-treating, particularly for dyeing, a fabric in the form of a continuous circul…

noun

A hollow object used to contain something.

Usage examples:

Fast-food receptacles

noun

A container for holding things or that you can put things in

Usage examples:

A trash receptacle

noun

A place where or receptacle in which things are or may be stored.

Usage examples:

A deep repository for nuclear waste

noun

A place where things are stored

Usage examples:

A nuclear waste repository, fig. the proverbs amounted to a repository of wisdom.

noun

A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.

Usage examples:

The more water we use, the more land has to be flooded for reservoirs

Lake used to store water for community use

noun

A natural or artificial lake for storing and supplying water for an area

Usage examples:

There’s a tremendous reservoir of goodwill out there.

adjective

(of a slope, flight of stairs, or angle) rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular.

Usage examples:

She pushed the bike up the steep hill

noun

A steep mountain slope.

Usage examples:

Hair-raising steeps

verb

Soak (food or tea) in water or other liquid so as to extract its flavour or to soften it.

Usage examples:

The chillies are steeped in olive oil

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…

verb

Short for tank engine.

Usage examples:

A large class of 0-6-0 tanks

noun

A container that holds liquid or gas

Usage examples:

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

noun

A wide, open, deep, typically round container with a flat bottom used for holding liquids, growing plants, etc.

Usage examples:

A rainwater tub

verb

Plant in a tub.

Usage examples:

Plant them in drifts at the front of your borders, tub them, fill a window box with them: they go a…

noun

A large beer or wine cask.

Usage examples:

In 1347 he sold 3 tuns of wine to the king's butler; while in 1349 he exported cloth.

verb

Store (wine or other alcoholic drinks) in a tun.

noun

A large round wooden container for beer or wine

Usage examples:

A cartload of wine tuns

noun

A ship or large boat.

Usage examples:

The bridge only opens with two keys, at the moment it is high and open, which would allow ships and…

noun

A large boat or ship

Usage examples:

A scattering of vessels anchored in the harbor., we used bowls, pots, bottles, pitchers – any vesse…

noun

A large boat or a ship

Usage examples:

Two tugboats guided the 70,000 ton vessel into port., a cargo/container/freight vessel, a commercia…