Usually means: Armored vehicle used in combat.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. tank: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. tank: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tank: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tank: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tank: Vocabulary.com
  6. T'ank, Tank, t'ank, tank: Wordnik
  7. tank: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Tank, Tank: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. tank: Wiktionary
  10. tank: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tank: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. tank: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. tank: Dictionary.com
  14. tank (n.), tank (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. tank: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. TANK (gene), TANK, Tank (American singer), Tank (German singer), Tank (Gobots), Tank (Taiwanese singer), Tank (The Matrix), Tank (album), Tank (band), Tank (disambiguation), Tank (film), Tank (gaming), Tank (goddess), Tank (magazine), Tank (military), Tank (nickname), Tank (singer), Tank (unit), Tank (vehicle), Tank (video game), Tank (video games), Tank, Tank, The Tank (theater): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Tank: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. tank: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. tank: Rhymezone
  20. Tank (m), tank, tank (de), tank (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. tank: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. TANK: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. tank: Free Dictionary
  24. tank: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. Tank, tank: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  26. tank: Dictionary/thesaurus

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tank (for storing liquid), Tank (for storing liquid in), tank: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Tank: MedFriendly Glossary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. tank: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  3. Army Technology Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. TANK: Acronym Finder
  6. tank: Idioms
  7. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Tank: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. TANK: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. tank, tank, tank, tank, tank, tank, tank: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. tank: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. TANK, The Tank, t.a.n.k: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Internet Karting Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Explosives (No longer online)
  3. Illustrated Glass Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  6. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  7. Tank: Science In Your Watershed: Hydrologic Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
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).
noun:  The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
noun:  The amount held by a container; a tankful.
noun:  An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
noun:  (Australia, India) A reservoir or dam.
noun:  (botany) A structure of tightly overlapping leaves used by some bromeliads to retain water.
noun:  (colloquial) A very muscular and physically imposing person; somebody who is built like a tank.
noun:  (UK, slang, dated, by extension) A bouncer or doorman.
noun:  (roleplaying games, board games, video games) a unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).
noun:  (US, slang) A prison cell, or prison generally.
noun:  (poker, slang) A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.
verb:  To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
verb:  (video games) To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.
verb:  (transitive) To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
verb:  To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
verb:  (fandom slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
verb:  (originally poker, slang) To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.
verb:  To put or keep in a tank.
noun:  A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
noun:  A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
verb:  (Singapore, informal) To stand; to tolerate.
noun:  (rail transport) Short for tank engine and tank locomotive.
noun:  (clothing) Short for tank top. [An item of casual clothing: a top with no sleeves.]

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