fuel tank
fuel tank noun: a container of fuel, especially one for motor fuel inside a vehicle.
Noun
fuel tank (plural fuel tanks)
- A container of fuel, especially one for motor fuel inside a vehicle.
- The main fuel tank is slung from the underframe midway between the two bogies, and its capacity of 420 gal. supplies both the main engine and the train heating boiler.1950 November, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 781
- A container for storage of fuel, e.g. in a depot.
- Pending the installation of four 7,000-gal. diesel fuel tanks, temporary refuelling facilities have been provided by the adaptation of a 3,000-gal. oil tank wagon.1956 October, “Recent changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662
fuel tank meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Persian
fuel tank in Tamil
- எரிபொருள் தொட்டி
fuel tank in Arabic
- a container of fuel
- خَزَّان الوَقُود ḵazzān al-waqūd
fuel tank in Persian
- a container of fuel
- باک bâk
Forms of fuel tank
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Questions about fuel tank
- What does fuel tank mean?
- Fuel tank means a container of fuel, especially one for motor fuel inside a vehicle.
- What is fuel tank in Tamil?
- Fuel tank in Tamil is எரிபொருள் தொட்டி. See Fuel tank meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is fuel tank?
- Fuel tank is a noun.
- What is the plural of fuel tank?
- The plural of fuel tank is fuel tanks.
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