tank [countable]
1 a large container for
storing liquid or gas:
The water tank is
leaking.
Somehow the chemical
got from a storage tank
into water supplies.
fish/marine/breeding
tank (=for keeping or
breeding fish in)
the plane's fuel tank
petrol tank British English
gas tank American English
2 also tankful the amount
of liquid or gas held in
a tank:
We set off next day on
a full tank.
tank of
a tankful of petrol
3 a heavy military
vehicle that has a large
gun and runs on two
metal belts fitted over
its wheels
4 a large artificial pool
for storing water
5
in the tank
American English informal
failing and losing money
be/go in the tank
Sales can't keep going up,
but that doesn't mean the
industry is going in the tank.
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