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tank wagon

tank wagon noun: a rail wagon designed to transport liquids or gases.

tank wagon: a rail wagon designed to transport liquids or gases
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Noun

tank wagon (plural tank wagons)

  1. (Commonwealth) A rail wagon designed to transport liquids or gases.
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    tank car, tanker
  2. (US, uncommon) A wagon with a tank body, for hauling liquid.

Synonyms of tank wagon

Forms of tank wagon

pluraltank wagons

Questions about tank wagon

What does tank wagon mean?
Tank wagon means a rail wagon designed to transport liquids or gases.
What part of speech is tank wagon?
Tank wagon is a noun.
What is the plural of tank wagon?
The plural of tank wagon is tank wagons.

Words near tank wagon in the dictionary

  1. tank truck
  2. tank trucks
  3. tank up
  4. tank ventilator
  5. tank ventilators
  6. tank wagon
  7. tank wagons
  8. tank-destroyer
  9. tank-destroyers
  10. tank-sinker
  11. tank-sinkers

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