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tankette

tankette noun: an early, very small, lightly armoured tank, with a crew of one or two, equipped with machine guns.

Noun

tankette (plural tankettes)

  1. (historical) An early, very small, lightly armoured tank, with a crew of one or two, equipped with machine guns.

Forms of tankette

pluraltankettes

Origin of tankette

From tank + -ette.

Questions about tankette

What does tankette mean?
Tankette means an early, very small, lightly armoured tank, with a crew of one or two, equipped with machine guns.
What part of speech is tankette?
Tankette is a noun.
What is the plural of tankette?
The plural of tankette is tankettes.

Words near tankette in the dictionary

  1. Tankersley
  2. Tankersleys
  3. tankert
  4. Tankerton
  5. tankerts
  6. tankette
  7. tankettes
  8. tankfarm
  9. tankfarms
  10. tankful
  11. tankfuls

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