Home > Synonyms > Synonyms for vat

Synonyms for vat

Grammar : Noun
Spell : vat
Phonetic Transcription : væt

Définition of vat

Origin :
  • early 13c., southern variant (see V) of Old English fæt "container, vat," from Proto-Germanic *fatan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Norse fat, Old Frisian fet, Middle Dutch, Dutch vat, Old High German faz, German faß).
  • noun vessel
  • noun container
Example sentences :
  • The washing is done in a vat, kept for that especial purpose.
  • Extract from : « Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining » by John S. Hittell
  • Put a board under and over the vat, and place it in the press: in two hours turn it out, and put in a fresh cheesecloth.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Set it near the fire till the curd comes; fill a vat made in the form of a brick, of wheat straw or rushes sewed together.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • "Molly's smoking at the gate like a brewer's vat, father," said Pete.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • The recently-made prisoner was compelled to assist his Colonel from the vat.
  • Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
  • I gave the paker ten dollars the week after and dold him vat I had done.'
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • Her feet were carrying her into the boiling center of a vat of bodies.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • But it's understood that just the second you come out of the vat, I go right in.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • With purpose, he aroused himself and ploughed to the edge of the vat.
  • Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay
  • Shadow lifted his feet out of the vat, stood up and vanished.
  • Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay

Most wanted synonyms

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019