Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tank"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tank \Tank\, n.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tank \Tank\, n.
A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight;
also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls. --Simmonds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tank \Tank\, n. [Pg. tanque, L. stangum a pool; or perhaps of
East Indian origin. Cf. {Stank}, n.]
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.
{Tank worm} (Zo["o]l.), a small nematoid worm found in the
water tanks of India, supposed by some to be the young of
the Guinea worm.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tank
n 1: an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves
on caterpillar treads [syn: {army tank}, {armored combat
vehicle}]
2: a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or
liquids [syn: {storage tank}]
3: as much as a tank will hold [syn: {tankful}]
4: a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk [syn:
{tank car}]
5: a cell for violent prisoners [syn: {cooler}]
v 1: store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
2: treat in a tank; "tank animal refuse"
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