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Word: Tank
Speech Type: Noun
early 17th century: perhaps from Gujarati tānkũ or Marathi tānkẽ ‘underground cistern’, from Sanskrit tadāga ‘pond’, probably influenced by Portuguese tangue ‘pond’, from Latin stagnum. The military vehicle took its name from the use of tank as a secret code word during manufacture in 1915
taŋk
a large receptacle or storage chamber, especially for liquid or gas.
Short Definition:large receptacle or storage chamber
a heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous articulated metal track.
Short Definition:heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on continuous articulated metal track
- a large class of 0-6-0 tanks
a cell in a police station or jail.
Short Definition:cell in police station or jail
Word: Tank
Speech Type: Verb
taŋk
fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
Short Definition:fill tank of vehicle with fuel
Examples:- the cars stopped to tank up
fail completely, especially at great financial cost
Short Definition:fail completely
Examples:- the previous movie had tanked at the box office
defeat heavily
Short Definition:defeat heavily
Examples:- Rangers tanked the local side 8–0
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