tank

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Hypernyms 1.3.3 Hyponyms 1.3.4 Coordinate terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Verb 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Verb 3.2 Noun 4 Italian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun

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Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From Portuguese tanque (“‘tank, liquid container’”), originally from Indian vernacular for a large artificial water reservoir, cistern, pool, etc., for example, Gujarati  (taku), or Marathi  (take). Compare the Arabic verb استنقع (istanqáʕa), “‘to become stagnant, to stagnate’”).

In the sense of armoured vehicle, to disguise their nature, prototypes were described as tanks for carrying water (1915).

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• Rhymes: -æŋk

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tank (plural tanks)

1. A container for liquids or gases, typically with a volume of several cubic metres.
2. An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
3. (Australian and Indian English), a reservoir or dam.
4. (American SouthWest English, esp Texas), a large metal container, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field. By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
5. (slang) A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
6. In USA scuba divers' usage, a compressed air or gas cylinder.
7. (gaming, video games, online gaming) In online and offline role-playing games, a character designed primarily around damage absorption with offensive power as a close secondary consideration.

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• (military fighting vehicle): battle tank, combat tank, armour (mass noun), tango (military, slang, Canada)

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• (military fighting vehicle): armoured fighting vehicle, armored fighting vehicle, AFV, armoured combat vehicle, armored combat vehicle

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• (military fighting vehicle): infantry tank (historical), cavalry tank (historical), fast tank (historical), cruiser tank (historical), tankette (historical), light tank, medium tank, heavy tank, main battle tank, MBT, flame tank, flamethrower tank

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• (military fighting vehicle): armoured car, armoured train, armoured personnel carrier, armored personnel carrier, APC, infantry fighting vehicle, IFV, self-propelled gun, tank destroyer, assault gun

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to tank (third-person singular simple present tanks, present participle tanking, simple past and past participle tanked)

1. To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
2. (Online RPG) To attract the attacks of a monster, so that the other people in the group can defeat the monster in question more efficiently.
3. To put fuel into a tank

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tank m.

1. tank, armor

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tank

1. The first-person singular present tense of tanken.
2. The imperative of tanken.

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tank m. (plural tanks)

1. tank (military fighting vehicle)
2. tank (storage)

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English

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tank m. inv.

1. tank (military and container)