tank top
tank top noun: an item of casual clothing: a top with no sleeves.
Noun
tank top (plural tank tops)
- An item of casual clothing: a top with no sleeves.
- The service makes available, during limited weekend hours, a handful of the company's items – cargo shorts, tank tops, and the like – to the Hamptons house guest who discovers that he can't make it to Monday without purchasing one of those weird madras patchwork blazers.2004 August 30, The New Yorker, page 38
- Synonyms:
- tank
- The top of a ship's bilge tank, usually the lowest horizontal surface on board.
Synonyms of tank top
Forms of tank top
| plural | tank tops |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tanktop |
| alternative form | tank-top |
Origin of tank top
The upper part of a tank suit worn by female swimmers in modester times when swimming pools were called swimming tanks.
Words formed from tank top
Questions about tank top
- What does tank top mean?
- Tank top means an item of casual clothing: a top with no sleeves.
- What part of speech is tank top?
- Tank top is a noun.
- What is the plural of tank top?
- The plural of tank top is tank tops.
Words near tank top in the dictionary
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