vat

Betekenis (English)

Noun

1. A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
2. A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
3. A vessel for holding holy water.
4. A liquid measure and dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectolitre of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.

Verb

1. To put into a vat.
2. To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits.

Adj

Designating a vat dye.

Concepten

kuip

teil

tobbe

bak

ton

vat

kist

📦

koker

korf

🧺

krat

kruik

mengen

pot

🫙

urn

zak

badkuip

🛁

btw

doos

📦

emmer

🪣

etui

fles

foedraal

Synonyms

tub

tank

cistern

cask

jar

🫙

jug

vessel

barrel

urn

basin

cisterna

container

cooperage

crate

crock

dam

dish

keg

kilderkin

kit

pail

pitcher

pot

receptacle

reservoir

sack

sump

tin

trough

vase

water tank

wooden casks

bathtub

🛁

beck

bottle

bowl

box

📦

bucket

🪣

can

case

chest

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/væt/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: vat

Inherited from Oudengels: fæt

Cognate with Schots: fat

Cognate with Fries: fet

Cognate with Nederlands: vat

Cognate with Duits: Fass

Cognate with Deens: fad

Cognate with Zweeds: fat

Cognate with IJslands: fat

In summary

From Middle English vat, a dialectal variant of fat (“vat, vessel, cask”), from Old English fæt (“vat, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pod- (“vessel”).
Cognate with Scots fat, vat, vautt (“vat, cask, tub”), West Frisian fet, Dutch vat (“barrel, cask, vessel, vat”), German Fass (“barrel, keg, drum, cask, vat”), Danish fad (“saucer, dish”), Swedish fat (“dish, barrel, cask, vat”), Icelandic fat (“dish, saucer”). See fat.