tank

1. 1.

   store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it

   Broaderstore
2. 2.

   consume excessive amounts of alcohol

   Broaderhit the bottle
3. 3.

   treat in a tank

   “tank animal refuse”

   Broaderprocess

Other forms of tank

plural

tanks·

past tense

tanked·

present participle

tanking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tank

What does tank mean?

tank means "an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tank?

tank has 1 syllable: tank. In IPA it is /ˈtæŋk/.

What is another word for tank?

Close synonyms include army tank, armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle, storage tank, tankful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tank a common word?

tank is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tank?

1 word rhymes with tank. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.