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   Tank

   /taNGk/

   

   noun

   • 1. a large receptacle or storage chamber, especially for liquid or gas.
   • ▪ the container holding the fuel supply in a motor vehicle, aircraft, etc.: "the trucks all had a full tank of gasoline" Similar containerreceptaclevatcisternbarrelstorage chamberrepositoryreservoirholderbasin
   • ▪ a receptacle with transparent sides in which to keep fish; an aquarium. Similar aquariumbowl
   • 2. a heavy armored fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous articulated metal track. Similar armored vehiclearmored carcombat vehiclePanzer
   • 3. a cell in a police station or jail. informal North American

   verb

   • 1. fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel: "the cars stopped to tank up"
   • ▪ drink heavily; become drunk: informal British "they get tanked up before the game"
   • 2. fail completely, especially at great financial cost: informal US "the previous movie had tanked at the box office"
   • ▪ (in sports) deliberately lose or fail to finish (a game): informal North American "the lackluster performance prompted speculation that he tanked the second set"

   Word Origin early 17th century: perhaps from Gujarati tānkũ or Marathi tānkẽ ‘underground cistern’, from Sanskrit tadāga ‘pond’, probably influenced by Portuguese tangue ‘pond’, from Latin stagnum. The military vehicle took its name from the use of tank as a secret code word during manufacture in 1915.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tankful noun
   • 2. tankless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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