̈ɪtæŋk n. & v. --n. 1 a
large receptacle or
storage chamber usu.
for liquid or
gas. 2 a
heavy armoured fighting
vehicle carrying guns
and moving on a tracked
carriage. 3 a
container for
the fuel supply in a
motor vehicle. 4 the
part of a
locomotive tender containing
water for the
boiler. 5 a Ind. &
Austral. a
reservoir. b
dial.
esp. US a
pond. --v. (usu. foll. by up) esp.
Brit. 1 tr.
fill the tank of (a vehicle etc.)
with fuel. 2 intr. & colloq. tr. (in passive)
drink heavily;
become drunk. øtank
engine a
railway engine carrying fuel and water receptacles in
its own frame,
not in a tender. tank-farming the
practice of growing plants in tanks of water
without soil. tank top a sleeveless, close-fitting upper
garment with a scoop-neck. øøtankful n. (pl. -fuls). tankless adj. [Gujurati tankh
etc., perh. f. Skr. tadaga pond]