Synonyms for tank
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tangk |
| Phonetic Transcription : tæŋk |
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Définition of tank
Origin :- 1610s, "pool or lake for irrigation or drinking water," a word originally brought by the Portuguese from India, ultimately from Gujarati tankh "cistern, underground reservoir for water," Marathi tanken, or tanka "reservoir of water, tank."
- Perhaps from Sanskrit tadaga-m "pond, lake pool," and reinforced in later sense of "large artificial container for liquid" (1680s) by Portuguese tanque "reservoir," from estancar "hold back a current of water," from Vulgar Latin *stanticare (see stanch). But others say the Portuguese word is the source of the Indian ones.
- Meaning "fuel container" is recorded from 1902. Military use originated 1915, partly as a code word, partly because they looked like benzene tanks. They were first used in action at Pozieres ridge, on the Western Front, Sept. 15, 1916. Slang meaning "detention cell" is from 1912.
- noun large container for liquids
- noun container
- "Look at that dog-fish," said Vavasor, pointing to the largest in the tank.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- He appears to think that so distinguished a criminal should have been ducked in a tank of rosewater.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- For a moment he fancied the tank must be empty, for nothing came of his efforts.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Peters clubbed Tremont's foot from the tank rack he had hooked with the toe.
- Extract from : « Satellite System » by Horace Brown Fyfe
- The lad had plunged, they said, into a tank at Les Fondettes.
- Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
- Then Professor Wentworth switched off the current and stepped toward the tank.
- Extract from : « Spawn of the Comet » by Harold Thompson Rich
- First the tank is filled about three-quarters full with gasolene.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- An air-pressure is then produced in the tank with a bicycle pump.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- Others might scrub the yard and the galleries, but he should scrub out the tank.
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- There were no blacks on the island, to which the tank had been carried.
- Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
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