tank

Meaning

Noun

1. A closed container for liquids or gases.
2. An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
3. A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).
4. The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
5. The amount held by a container; a tankful.
6. An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
7. A reservoir or dam.
8. A structure of tightly overlapping leaves used by some bromeliads to retain water.
9. (colloquial) A very muscular and physically imposing person; somebody who is built like a tank.
10. (slang) A bouncer or doorman.
11. a unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).
12. (slang) A prison cell, or prison generally.
13. (slang) A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.
14. Short for tank engine and tank locomotive.
15. Short for tank top.

Verb

1. To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
2. To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.
3. To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
4. To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
5. (slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
6. (slang) To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.
7. To put or keep in a tank.

Verb

To stand; to tolerate.

Synonyms

pond

cistern

reservoir

vat

pool

tub

container

lake

vessel

barrel

armored combat vehicle

bucket

🪣

pail

basin

army tank

tankful

aquarium

receptacle

drum

🥁

cask

keg

storage tank

chariot

armoured combat vehicle

sump

tank car

armored

cooler

water tank

launder

lockup

military vehicle

oil tank

panzer

pot

puddle

receiver

refuel

river

sink

slot

socket

sulcus

trolley

trough

vacuum chamber

waggon

water reservoir

water-tank

bird’s nest

body of water

gas cylinder

small lake

tank circuit

water well

pool of water

armored vehicle

deep pool

jail cell

gas-bomb

Tank

TK

separator tank

fresh pool

retention basin

driving slot

impounded body

settling basin

oil-car

oil basin

melting chamber

furnace chamber

bathing-ghat

armor clad

Barl. barrel

barrel bulk

furnace cavity

armored

accumulator

armoured

ark

armored car

armour clad

armoured

battleship

bbl

beat

bulk

bunker

canal

cart

cisterna

dam

default

dish

duct

fill up

firebox

flute

🪈

fuel

gas tank

gas up

groove

gutter

hearth

jail

jerry-can

jug

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tæŋk/

Etymology

From Portuguese tanque (“tank, liquid container”), originally from Indian vernacular for a large artificial water reservoir, cistern, pool, etc., for example, Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī) or Marathi टाकी (ṭākī). Compare the Arabic verb اِسْتَنْقَعَ (istanqaʕa, “to become stagnant, to stagnate”).
In the sense of armoured vehicle, first attested in 1915, prototypes were described as tanks for carrying water to disguise their nature as well as due to physical resemblance.