Used in a Sentence

tank

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tank.

Editorial note

Considering modesty though, a woman in a sundress is equivalent to a man wearing a tank top.

Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A closed container for liquids or gases.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tank gathered in one view.

noun

A closed container for liquids or gases.

noun

An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.

noun

A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tank.

Example sentences

1

Considering modesty though, a woman in a sundress is equivalent to a man wearing a tank top.

2

There are also many plugin-hybrids now: 0 gaws for local driving, and a gas tank for long dries.

3

An electric car could be thought of as a gas car with a very, very large, magical fuel tank.

4

There's also that you have to burn fuel in the tank trucks to get the fuel to the consumer.

5

It's almost as if a human missing most of their senses spent their entire life in a float tank.

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With the help of surveillance, they discovered that every night, an octopus in a nearby tank would climb his tank to an elevated position and shortcircuit the lamp by spitting water on it.

7

We don't get males in the office wearing tank tops or anything else that would expose the collarbone, armpits, shoulders, or shoulderblades.

8

I should've posted footage of the PC game (A-10 Tank Killer) as it did it more justice lol.

9

It's kind of formal, yet no more modest than a tank top.

10

Originally learned about them with the A-10 Tank Killer games on PC.

11

However, the tank/home/darren@snap1 stream is not encrypted during the send process.

12

In rear-end collisions, the connection from the tank to the filler neck was prone to rupture and spill fuel under the crashed vehicle, which led to some 27 deaths.

Quote examples

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Sergio Marchionne had a funny thing to say about the $32,500 battery-powered Fiat 500e that his company markets in California as “eco-chic.” “I hope you don’t buy it,” he told his audience at a think tank in Washington in May 2014.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tank in a sentence?

Considering modesty though, a woman in a sundress is equivalent to a man wearing a tank top.

What does tank mean?

A closed container for liquids or gases.

What part of speech is tank?

tank is commonly used as noun.