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holding tanks

holding tanks is the plural of holding tank.

Meaning of holding tank

Noun

holding tank (plural holding tanks)

  1. A container for storage toilet waste in a vehicle
  2. A holding cell
    • After arriving at the Area A police station, I renewed my protests that as a working reporter with visible police credentials, I should not have been arrested. The desk sergeant insisted that I be booked, however, and I was put into the holding tank, a fifteen-by-fifteen dark and filthy cell, with...1983 December 24, Larry Goldsmith, “Cops Bust 70 Anti-Nuke Demonstrators”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 6

Questions about holding tanks

What is holding tanks the plural of?
Holding tanks is the plural of holding tank.

Words near holding tanks in the dictionary

  1. holding stack
  2. holding stacks
  3. holding still
  4. holding tack
  5. holding tank
  6. holding tanks
  7. holding that thought
  8. holding the aces
  9. holding the ball
  10. holding the book
  11. holding the cards

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