Definition of Tank

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Definition of Tank

Tank

A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.

A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.

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Also, An, Artificial, Averaging, Basin, Cistern, Dry, For, Grains, In, Indian, Lake, Large, Measure, Natural, Of, Or, Pond, Pool, Receptacle, Small, Weight

Tank Quotations

An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.
Fred Allen

Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.
Edward Abbey

No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.
Jacques Yves Cousteau

I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine.
Angelina Jolie

The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car... a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result they get little.
Ben Sweetland

Again, with two small children it's incredibly hard to commit yourself to anything because you're just getting interested in it and someone comes along and goes I want Thomas The Tank Engine on, and screams the place down until you put it on.
Jo Brand

The engine of the tank is a weapon just as the main-gun.
Heinz Guderian

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.
Dean Acheson

I'm into a casual-dressing girl: blue jeans and a tank top is super sexy. But the sexiest thing on a girl - when I see it I'm like, oh my God - is these little tight boxers. Don't get me wrong, g-strings are fine, but those cover a little, to where it's just enough.
Jensen Ackles

By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.
Jessica Savitch

Tank Translations

tank in Afrikaans is tenk
tank in Danish is tank
tank in Dutch is reservoir, vergaarbak
tank in French is tank, cuirass, char
tank in Italian is corazza, serbatoio
tank in Latin is lacus
tank in Norwegian is tank
tank in Portuguese is tanque
tank in Spanish is tanque

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