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tankage

tankage noun: storage in a tank.

Noun

tankage (countable and uncountable, plural tankages)

  1. Storage in a tank.
    • A new ocean terminal, provided with modern tankage with a total capacity of nearly 8,000,000gal for the storage of fuel oil and refined petroleum products, was recently completed by the Regent Oil Co. at Queen Alexandra Dock, Cardiff.1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 494
  2. The amount that a tank (or tanks) can hold.
  3. The charge levied for storage in a tank.
  4. Waste matter from tanks, especially the dried nitrogenous residue from tanks in which fat has been rendered, used as a fertilizer.

Forms of tankage

pluraltankages

Origin of tankage

From tank + -age.

Questions about tankage

What does tankage mean?
Tankage means storage in a tank.
What part of speech is tankage?
Tankage is a noun.
What is the plural of tankage?
The plural of tankage is tankages.

Words near tankage in the dictionary

  1. tank-topped
  2. tank-tops
  3. tank-worm
  4. tank-worms
  5. tanka
  6. tankage
  7. tankages
  8. tankah
  9. tankahs
  10. tankal
  11. tankard

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