Tank

  • 61Tank — 1. Behälter, Behältnis, Container. 2. Panzer; (Militär): Kampffahrzeug. * * * Tank,der:⇨Panzer(1) Tank 1.→Panzer 2.Behälter,Behältnis …

    Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • 62Tank — Tạnk der; s, s; ein großer Behälter zum Lagern oder zum Transportieren von Flüssigkeiten (z.B. Heizöl) <ein leerer / voller Tank; den Tank füllen> || K : Tankdeckel, Tankfüllung, Tankinhalt, Tanklager, Tanklastzug, Tankwagen, Tankzug || K …

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  • 63tank — [17] Tank ‘water storage container’ originated in India, where it denoted a ‘pond’. It was borrowed from a local word, such as Gujarati tānkh or Marathi tānken ‘pond, cistern’. These in turn probably went back to Sanskrit tadāga ‘pond, lake’,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 64tank — I. n 1. American a firearm, handgun. A hyperbolic term occasionally used by criminals and law enforcers. 2. British a police car or van. The word is used in this way by ironic or self dramatising police officers. II. vb British a. to crush,… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 65tank — I. a drunk, an alcoholic, lush, wino    Percy that tank! He drinks a case of beer every day. II. See in the tank …

    English idioms

  • 66tank up — fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel. → tank …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 67tank — noun 1》 a large receptacle or storage chamber, especially for liquid or gas.     ↘the container holding the fuel supply in a motor vehicle.     ↘Indian & Austral./NZ a reservoir. 2》 a receptacle with transparent sides in which to keep fish; an… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 68tank — noun 1) a hot water tank Syn: container, receptacle, vat, cistern, repository, reservoir, basin 2) a tank full of fish Syn: aquarium, bowl 3) the army s use of tanks …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 69tank up — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms tank up : present tense I/you/we/they tank up he/she/it tanks up present participle tanking up past tense tanked up past participle tanked up American to fill a vehicle with petrol …

    English dictionary

  • 70tank —   Pahu.     Water tank, pahu wai.     War tank, ka a kaua …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary