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How to use tank in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Tank means a closed container for liquids or gases. Example: “The propane is stored in these tanks.”

Examples of tank by meaning

nounA closed container for liquids or gases.

  • The propane is stored in these tanks.
  • The tank contains unfiltered water. You really shouldn't drink from that.
  • The other room was a kitchen, with an open fireplace, a safe, a dresser and a tin sink, with a tap from the tank outside.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 29

nounAn open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.

  • The contractors installed a new tank with gorgeous fish and corals.
  • The ore slurries are directed into an open tank outside the excavation site.

nounThe fuel reservoir of a vehicle.

  • We have brought the van to a garage after we found a leak in the tank.

nounThe amount held by a container; a tankful.

  • I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York.

nounAn armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks.

  • The journalist mistook the self-propelled artillery vehicle for a tank.
  • Few remember the female tanks that were produced between the World Wars.
  • Tank beats everything!2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Ark

nounA unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to...

  • The paladin can make for a decent tank, but I recommend that you get a class with better taunting skills.

nounA prison cell, or prison generally.

  • The sheriff threw us in the tank without charges!
  • By the nature of being on a protective custody tank, a "gay tank", everyone there is seen as members of the lowest caste in the system.1985 April 13, Philip Brasfield, “Echoes Inside of What's Outside”, in Gay Community News, page 4

verbTo fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to...

  • He told me about all the odd jobs he'd taken after I was born, when Michigan's economy was tanking.2008 October, Davy Rothbart, “How I caught up with dad”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 112

More sentences with tank

  • Get away from that burning gas tank! It’s about to blow!From the entry blow
  • I will only lend you my car if you fill up the tank.From the entry lend
  • A large tank of hydrogen constituted most of the bulk of that rocket.From the entry hydrogen
  • The car swerved off a road, hit a wall, and fireballed as the petrol tank exploded.From the entry fireball
  • They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.From the entry jam
  • I have four T-80 tanks at grid Three-niner-niner-four-eight-eight, Correction: Grid Three niner-niner-four-eight-five. How copy? Over.From the entry correction
  • You just pulled aggro off the tank and wiped the raid.From the entry aggro
  • The entire tank of guppies was in their maturity and ready to mate.From the entry maturity
  • Compared to its counterparts from World War II, the Abrams main battle tank is truly massive.From the entry massive
  • An anti-personnel mine will kill a soldier but is ineffective against a tank.From the entry anti-personnel
  • A TOW missile is an antitank weapon capable of killing everyone in a tank from great distance.From the entry antitank
  • I sprinkled little flakes into the fish tank for the guppies to eat.From the entry fish tank
  • The Army decommissioned the Sherman tank by filling the turret with cement.From the entry decommission
  • He used a rubber tube to siphon petrol from the car's fuel tank.From the entry siphon
  • The remains of the blasted tank were testament to the power of the landmine it had hit.From the entry blasted
  • An abandoned tank was burning out at the edge of the battlefield.From the entry burn out
  • The leaking fuel tank was bound to explode sooner or later.From the entry bound to
  • Tanks are not street-legal because their treads chew up the pavement.From the entry street-legal
  • I suspect the think tank lacks the brainpower to function effectively.From the entry brainpower
  • Once we have the tank full we will back away and you can let her rip.From the entry let her rip
  • The artifact was cleaned sonically in the ultrasonic cleaner tank in mere seconds.From the entry sonically
  • Standing 6'8" and built like a tank, Adam was not a man to be messed with.From the entry built like a tank
  • The war ended early, and the undeployed tanks never saw combat.From the entry undeployed
  • The superheavy tank weighed 80 tonnes and was said to be indestructible in combat.From the entry superheavy
  • The C-47s could not make it over the Hump with a full load and full tanks.From the entry hump
  • At the last minute, the hero regained consciousness and rolled out of the path of the tank.From the entry at the last minute

Meaning of tank

  1. noun A closed container for liquids or gases.
  2. noun An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
  3. noun A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).

Full definition of tank

Questions about tank in a sentence

How do you use tank in a sentence?
Tank is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The propane is stored in these tanks.”
What is a short sentence with tank?
“Tank beats everything!”
What does tank mean?
Tank means a closed container for liquids or gases.

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