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Definition: Tank |
TankNoun1. An enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads. 2. A large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids. 3. As much as a tank will hold. 4. A freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk. 5. A cell for violent prisoners. Verb1. Store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it. 2. Treat in a tank; "tank animal refuse". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tank" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Tank \Tank\, noun. [Portuguese tanque, Latin stangum a pool; or perhaps of East Indian origin. Compare to Stank, noun]. (references) |
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Aerospace | 1. A container incorporated into the structure of a liquid propellant rocket from which a liquid propellant or propellants are fed into the firing chamber or chambers. 2. A container for storage of liquid oxygen, liquid fuel, or other liquid propellant until transferred to the rocket's tanks or some other receptacle.3. In computers, a container of mercury, or other liquid, and associated components used as delay-line storage. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a tank, foretells you will be prosperous and satisfied beyond your expectations. To see a leaking tank, denotes loss in your affairs. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | A transparent or translucent gas-tight envelope enclosing the luminous element. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Large straight sided containers constructed of wood concrete or metal. In U. S. A. the open containers are called vats and the closed ones tanks. In Australia the wooden containers are called vats and concrete or metal ones tanks. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Refractory structure for melting and refining glass in a continuous process. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Container for storing the working fluid of a power system. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A large vessel or receptacle, made either of wood or of metal, intended to contain a fluid or gas, as water tank, gasoline tank. Syn:va b. A melting unit, in which the container for the molten glass isconstructed from refractory blocks. (references) |
Public Administration | In civilian transportation, denotes a container or a cistern of a maximum capacity of 1 m3, permanently fixed to or demountable from the vehicle. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang | Adjective. Source: Courtney Nagle. Definition: The person described is exherting little or no effort. Context: A team member would make reference to a member being a "tank" if they were supposed to win, but were losing because they weren't running to return balls or swinging as hard as they could. Social Source: University of Oregon Girls Tennis Team. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Sports & Leisure | For scuba diving are usually made of chromemolybdenum steel. The outside surface is galvanized, and the deluxe models are coated with vinyl in various colors. . Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A tank is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle (AFV), designed primarily to destroy enemy ground forces by direct fire. A modern main battle tank (MBT) is distinguished from other AFVs primarily by its heavy armour and armament.
History
The first prototype tank was tested for the British Army for the first time on September 6, 1915, and used in combat for the first time at the Battle of the Somme, 15 September 1916. The term 'tank' was a codeword coined by the British and used to confuse the enemy and maintain secrecy while they were being built and shipped to the front such that any documentation describing a shipment of tanks would be interpreted as a shipment of containers such as storage tanks.
see Tank history
Modern Tanks
The MBT is the most powerful direct fire land based weapon. It is used mainly to combat other MBTs, but its weapons are effective against almost all targets. Although some MBTs can carry infantry, this is not its primary task.
The term MBT, or main battle tank is used to distinguish the most powerful and most modern type of tank in any army from lighter, less costly tanks which are sometimes used for airborne or amphibious operations, or from older tanks which are used in secondary roles.
Armour
The MBT is the most heavily armoured vehicle in the armies of today. Its armour is designed to protect the vehicle and crew against all known threats, including KE-penetrators fired from other tanks, ATGMs (guided missiles) fired from infantry or aircraft, and mines. The amount of armour needed to protect against all these threats from all angles would be far too heavy to be practical, so when designing an MBT much effort goes into finding the right balance between protection and weight.
Traditionally the thickness of the armour is very unevenly distributed. The thickest sections are usually on the front glacis plate and the front of the turret. The sides have much lighter armor and the top of the turret has even lighter. The back of the tank, and the sections directly above the engine, in the rear, have the lightest protection of all. The tracks are only partly protected by steel skirts.
As a result of these design decisions a tank group is relatively vulnerable to air attack and needs constant escort by Anti-aircraft vehicles, when the enemy is at least partly in control of airspace. For the same reasons immobilized tanks are also very vulnerable to enemy Artillery fire from anything from medium sized Mortar to a large Cannon.
Paradoxically a tank is usually in its safest state when the commander is in a personally unsafe position, riding in the open, head out of the turret, with no personal protection save his helmet and a flack jacket. In this rather high position the commander can see around the vehicle with no restrictions, and has the greatest chance of spotting enemy anti tank operations or natural and unnatural obstacles which might incapacitate or slow down the tank. Tank periscopes and other viewing devices give a sharply inferior field of vision and sense of the countryside, despite constant advances in optics and electronics. Thus, when tanks advance in hostile territory with hatches closed the commander and others might be personally safer but the tanks as a whole are more at risk, given the extremely reduced vision.
Weapons
The main weapon of any modern tank is its gun, the size of which is exceeded by only the largest howitzers. It is usually 120mm calibre for western-built tanks and 125mm for eastern-built. The gun fires KE-penetrator rounds as well as High Explosive (HE) ones. Some tanks have the ability to fire missiles through the main gun barrel, which gives it longer range and makes it useful against airborne targets. Usually, the vehicle has a machine-gun coaxially mounted with the main gun. This machine-gun is of relatively small calibre (7.62mm - 12.7mm) and used against soft targets such as infantry. Additionally, many tanks carry a roof mounted machine-gun for anti-aircraft fire.
Many, if not most, MBTs carry smoke grenade launchers, which can rapidly deploy a smoke screen to visually shield a withdrawal from an enemy ambush or attack. The smoke screen is very rarely used offensively, since attacking through it blocks the attacker's vision and will give the enemy an early indication of impending attack. Modern smoke grenades work in the infrared as well as visual spectrum of light.
Some smoke grenades are designed to make a very dense cloud capable of blocking the laser beams of enemy target designators or range finders. In many MBTs, such as the Leclerc, the smoke grenade launchers are also meant to launch tear gas grenades and anti-personnel fragmentation grenades.
Mobility
An MBT is designed to be very mobile and able to tackle most types of terrain. Its wide tracks disperse the heavy weight of the vehicle over a large area, resulting in a specific ground pressure that might be lower than that of a man's foot. The types of terrain that do pose a problem are usually extremely soft ground such as swamps, or rocky terrain scattered with large boulders. In "normal" terrain, a tank can be expected to travel at about 30-50 km/h, with a road speed of up to 70 km/h.
The issue in getting from point A to point B is another important paradox in tank design. On paper, or during any "test drive" of a few hours a single tank offers better off-road performance than any wheeled fighting vehicle. On a road the fastest tank design is not much slower than the average wheeled fighting vehicle design.
But in practice the huge weight of the tank combined with the relative weakness of the track assembly ensure that the maximum road speed of a tank is really a "burst" speed which can be kept up for only a short time before there is a mechanical breakdown. The maximum off-road speed is much lower, but in general it cannot be kept up continuously for a day, given the variety of off-road terrains and their unpredictable nature, with the possible exception of plains and sandy deserts.
Since an immobilized tank is an easy target for mortars, artillery and the usual specialized tank hunting units of the enemy forces, speed is normally kept to a minimum and every occasion is seized upon to move tanks on wheeled tank transporters and on railways, instead of on their own power. Tanks invariably end up on railcars in any country with a rail infrastructure, because no army has enough wheeled transporters to carry all its tanks. Planning for rail embarkment and dismount is crucial staff work, and rail bridges and railyards are prime targets for enemy forces wishing to slow a tank advance.
When moving in a country or region with no rail infrastructure and few good roads or a place with good roads but mines or frequent ambushes, the average speed of advance of a tank unit in a day is comparable to that of a man on a horse or on a bicycle. Frequent halts must be planned for preventive maintenance and verifications in order to avoid breakdowns when the shooting starts. This is in addition to the tactical halts needed so that the infantry or the air units can scout ahead for the presence of enemy anti-tank groups.
Sonic, seismic and thermal traces
Most tanks are powered by a Diesel engine of a power comparable to the kind which can be found in a diesel locomotive. From the outside a tank smells, sounds, and feels like a diesel locomotive quite a bit. The deep rumble of even a single tank can be heard a great distance on a quiet day, and the sharp diesel smell can be carried far downwind. When a tank stands still with engine running the land trembles around it. When moving on most grounds the vibrations are greater.
Some of the more recent tanks, like the latest iterations of the German Leopard MBT design, have multifuel internal combustion engines, which can operate on diesel or gasoline or other fuels. Certain designs, like the M1 Abrams from the United States, are powered by turbines, whose high pitched sound can be heard at a good distance.
The very large size (typically in excess of 1000 hp) of a tank's engine ensures that it will always leave a distinct thermal signature when operating in nature. The unusually compact mass of metal of the tank hull dissipates heat in a fashion which marks it off sharply from other objects in the countryside. A tank is thus relatively easy to spot on good land based or aerial infrared scanners.
Armour piercing ammunition
There are several types of ammunition designed to defeat armour, including HESH (High Explosive Squash Head), HEAT (High Explosive Anti Tank), APDS/APFSDS (Armour Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot) - the latter being a type of KE-penetrator.
HESH rounds require a rifled gun while HEAT and other rounds can use a smooth bore gun as well as a rifled one. The British army and the Indian army, convinced of the superiority of HESH rounds, are now the only ones to field main battle tanks with rifled guns.
See also: List of tanks, Tank history, Armour, Blitzkrieg, Armoured fighting vehicle, Anti tank missile
Tank also means:
- an artificial body of water, or a man-made reservoir, especially in India where the word originated, and sometimes in Britain,
- a large container for liquid, hence also an aquarium (derived from the above meaning),
- a terrarium or container for compressed gas (also derived from the above meaning),
- to decline or crash as in a stock declining rapidly in price.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tank."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| TAME | English | Tank Measurement laboratory | Engineering & Technology |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: TankSynonyms: armored combat vehicle (n), army tank (n), cooler (n), storage tank (n), tank car (n), tankful (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Store | Reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond; gasometer. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses (The Blues Brothers; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and John Landis.) They threw me in the shark tank. The shark tank (Analyze This; writing credit: Kenneth Lonergan; Peter Tolan) Walk softly and carry an armored tank division, I always say. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Okay, we have 48 hours to make this tank dirty (Finding Nemo; writing credit: Andrew Stanton) Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank, I was in charge of million dollar equipment, back here I can't even hold a job washin' cars (First Blood; writing credit: David Morrell; Michael Kozoll) | |
Lyrics | Put something in the tank and I know that I can bring ya (Fantastic Voyage; performing artist: Coolio) Drive it all day and don't fill up the tank ("Bills, Bills, Bills"; performing artist: Destiny's Child) I move like a tank (Bittersweet Me; performing artist: R.E.M.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Tank Dive: Excerpts (1965) Ay Tank Ay Go (1936) Bobby Bumps' Tank (1917) The Tank Town Troupe (1916) Badly Funded Think Tank (2001) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Example of Geographic Information System (GIS) Image of area of study from chlorine tank rupture in Alberton, Montana. Credit: CDC. |  | LOX Tank Rupture. Credit: NASA. |
 | 25 Foot Vacuum Tank. Credit: NASA. |  | Theodolite tied on top of water tank Seaside Park Water Tank - New Jersey. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Sablefish put in live tank, scooped up, tagged, and sent back overboard. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Filling tank with live bait on tuna boat to be used later in pole and line fishing for tuna. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Tank used for holding live bait on tuna boat. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Sewage treatment plant settling tank at the southern tip of Clarks Point. The facility is now gone. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Tank rack and gazebo deck outside AQUARIUS. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | AQUARIUS tank rack and gazebo deck serves as the starting point for excursions. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
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| "Gas tank" by Eduardo Del Río P. Commentary: "Common in Mexico, we use a lot gas LP to warm the water for bath, to cook, etc." | "WW2 Sherman Tank, Normandy, Fr" by Liam Heffernan Commentary: "WW2 Sherman Tank, Normandy, France." |
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A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Scrooge sat with his door wide open, that he might see him come into the Tank. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | There is little difference between this tractor and a tank. |
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Health | Bath water should be heated for 5 minutes at 150o F. Water held in a storage tank for at least 48 hours should be safe for showering. (references) | |
Business | As a think tank of MOCIE, KEEI provides analyses and information on the supply and demand of energy and other related issues. (references) | |
Both pipelines lead to the central oil tank facility that is composed of 10 oil tanks with a total capacity of 800,000 cubic meters. (references) | ||
The M1A1 Tank Facility (military factory 200) outside Cairo is one of the largest military manufacturing facilities in this part of the world. (references) | ||
Economic History | Cyprus | The GOC is also planning to construct a tank farm for the improvement of the nation's strategic reserve (a European Union requirement). (references) |
Japan | Its two main functions are to serve as a think tank for politicians and to try to coordinate among the other ministries on crosscutting policies. (references) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Industry: Types--Steel, minerals, vehicle assembly, textiles, tobacco products, wooden furniture, tank and aircraft assembly, domestic appliances, oil refining. (references) | |
Human Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | The IDF had fired two flechette tank shells, and one armor-piercing tank round at the tent after hearing distant light gunfire. (references) |
Yemen | The Center for Future Studies, a think tank affiliated with the Islaah Party, issues an annual report on human rights practices, providing a wide-ranging overview of human rights. (references) | |
Israel and the occupied territories | Some eyewitness accounts indicate that Riham was injured critically while in the classroom, but others indicate that she was in the school compound when shrapnel from tank fire struck her. (references) | |
Political Economy | URUGUAY | According to a recent study by a well-known think tank, utility demonopolization would create 45,000 new jobs. (references) |
Travel | Saudi Arabia | Men should not wear shorts or tank tops, while women are advised to wear loose-fitting and concealing clothing with long skirts, elbow-length sleeves, and modest necklines. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DEBT, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave- driver. As, pent in an aquarium, the troutlet Swims round and round his tank to find an outlet, Pressing his nose against the glass that holds him, Nor ever sees the prison that enfolds him; So the poor debtor, seeing naught around him, Yet feels the narrow limits that impound him, Grieves at his debt and studies to evade it, And finds at last he might as well have paid it. Barlow S. Vode |
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James Hewitt | I was a tank squadron leader with the British army. And we led the British advance into Iraq and then back into Kuwait. |
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Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | The answer to where we stand on our national energy effort today reminds me of the old argument about whether the tank is half full or half empty. |
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| "Tank" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.88% of the time. "Tank" is used about 2,829 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.88% | 2,769 | 3,332 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.88% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.78% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.42% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (common) | 0.04% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,829 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "tank" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Tank | Last name | 400 | 19,933 |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Union Tank Car Company |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "tank": "battleship" tank ♦ air case buoyancy tank ♦ air tank ♦ amphibian tank ♦ anti tank ♦ army tank ♦ bailing tank ♦ battle tank ♦ belly tank ♦ bladder tank ♦ boat tank ♦ boric acid make up tank ♦ bridge laying tank ♦ buoyancy tank ♦ collecting tank ♦ decay tank ♦ deep tank ♦ demountable tank ♦ digestion tank ♦ expansion tank ♦ Fermentation tank ♦ fish tank ♦ flail tank ♦ flame throwing tank ♦ flume tank ♦ Flush tank ♦ fuel tank ♦ gas tank ♦ gasoline tank ♦ integral tank ♦ integrated tank ♦ laundry holdup and monitoring tank ♦ liberator tank ♦ main battle tank ♦ membrane tank ♦ oil storage tank ♦ oil tank ♦ oxygen tank ♦ pachuca tank ♦ petrol tank ♦ petroleum tank ♦ pressure tank ♦ quench tank ♦ reserve tank ♦ ripple tank ♦ scuba tank ♦ sedimentation tank ♦ segregated ballast tank ♦ septic tank ♦ siege of a tank ♦ slipper tank ♦ sludge digestion tank ♦ storage tank ♦ summer tank ♦ surge tank ♦ tank along ♦ tank battalion ♦ tank car ♦ tank circuit ♦ tank container for liquids ♦ tank destroyer ♦ tank dike ♦ tank division ♦ tank drama ♦ tank driver ♦ tank engine ♦ tank farm ♦ tank farming ♦ tank furnace ♦ tank iron ♦ tank lighter ♦ tank locomotive ♦ tank lorry ♦ tank ship ♦ tank status report message ♦ tank suit ♦ tank top ♦ tank top mounted pump ♦ tank trap ♦ tank truck ♦ tank up ♦ tank vessel ♦ tank wagon ♦ tank warfare ♦ Tank worm ♦ think tank ♦ underground tank ♦ water tank. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tank": tank-bred, tank-builder, tank-bulldozers, tank-buster, tank-busting, tank-cap, tank-cleaning, tank-engine, tank-farming, tank-fire, tank-full, tank-landing, tank-led, tank-like, tank-mate, tank-mates, tank-mix, tank-proof, tank-raised, tank-related, tank-space, tank-top, tank-tops, tank-track, tank-tracks, tank-traps. | |
Ending with "tank": anti-tank, fish-tank, think-tank, water-tank. | |
Containing "tank": anti-tank defence, anti-tank defense, anti-tank ditch, anti-tank ground, anti-tank gun, anti-tank helicopter, anti-tank line, anti-tank mine, anti-tank missile, anti-tank obstacle, anti-tank unit, infantry light anti-tank weapon, light anti-tank weapon. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
thomas tank engine | 4,637 | reef tank | 290 |
pocket tank | 4,302 | salt water fish tank | 285 |
fish tank | 3,286 | tropical fish tank | 266 |
tank | 3,198 | water storage tank | 241 |
tank war | 1,106 | battle tank | 240 |
septic tank | 1,096 | think tank | 230 |
tank top | 865 | storage tank | 209 |
thomas tank | 683 | tiger tank | 200 |
water tank | 565 | plastic tank | 191 |
deluxe pocket tank | 529 | world war 2 tank | 187 |
aquarium tank | 491 | scuba tank | 179 |
gas tank | 477 | download pocket tank | 174 |
dunk tank | 474 | hot water tank | 166 |
propane tank | 470 | pressure tank | 165 |
tank hunter | 452 | fish tank screen saver | 153 |
fuel tank | 417 | sherman tank | 149 |
game tank | 385 | poket tank | 147 |
military tank | 336 | co2 tank | 144 |
army tank | 334 | saltwater fish tank | 143 |
tank girl | 295 | holding tank | 142 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "tank"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | tenk (cistern). (various references) | |
Albanian | tanku, tank, vaskë (bath, bathtub, John, pool, tub, vat), serbator, rezervuar (barrel, bulb, cistern, reservoir, sump), pishinë (Lido, pool, swimming pool), kade (cask, Tierce, vat, wood), fut në rezervuar, fuçi (barrel, butt, Cade, cask, kilderkin, snap-roll, Tierce, Tun, wood), enë (container, dish, receptacle, vessel), cisternë (cistern), akuarium (aquarium). (various references) | |
Arabic | فنطاس حوض (cistern, container, reservoir), مصفحة (roller), مدرعة (battleship), حوض (basin, cistern, dock, lavatory, pan, pelvis, receptacle, trough, tub), زنزانة (cell, dungeon, oubliette), ضربة (bang, beating, belt, biff, blow, bob, bump, chap, clout, hurt, inflexion, infliction, lash, pelt, plug, pulse, shot, smack, sock, strike, stroke, thrust, wipe), صهريج (cistern, container, lighter, reservoir), خزن في صهريج, خزان (barrage, dam, reservoir), شاحنة سوائل (tanker), دبابة, بركة (beatitude, benediction, blessing, boon, mercy, mere, pan, patch, pond, receptacle). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | резервоар (barrel, basin, cistern, container, feed-tank, receiver, reservoir), цистерна (cistern, vat), танков (armored, armoured), танк, казан (caldron, copper, pot-still, said, told, vat), наливам се (guzzle), пълня резервоар (tank up), пълня цистерна (tank up). (various references) | |
Chinese | 坦克 . (various references) | |
Czech | tank, vodojem, plnit nádrže, obsah nádrže, natankovat (fuel, refuel, take in), nádrž (basin, reservoir), cisterna (cistern, tanker). (various references) | |
Danish | tank (bath, receiver, reservoir). (various references) | |
Dutch | tank (cistern), reservoir (cistern, reservoir), vergaarbak (cistern). (various references) | |
Esperanto | tanko, rezervujo, cisterno (cistern). (various references) | |
Farsi | مخزن (Bomb, Cache, Depository, Fountain, Magazine, Repertory, Repository, Reservoir, Stank, Storage, Store, Storehouse, Sump, Thesaurus, Warehouse), تانک (Tanker), درتانک یامخزن جای دادن . (various references) | |
Finnish | vesisäiliö (cistern, reservoir), tankki, säiliö (box, cistern, container, jug, reservoir, vessel). (various references) | |
French | tank, citerne (road tanker, tank truck, tanker), char, réservoir, cuve. (various references) | |
German | Tank (receiver, reservoir), Behälter (bin, bins, box, caddy, canister, cistern, container, crib, jug, receptacle, receptacles, repositories, reservoir, reservoirs, vase, vessel), panzer (armor, armored, armors, armour, carapace, shell, shield), becken (basin, basins, bowl, cymbal, cymbals, pan, pelves, pelvic, pelvis, pond, pool, reservoir, sink). (various references) | |
Greek | δεξαμενή (cistern, dam, reservoir, sump, vat). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מכל (container, entirely, fount, receptacle, reservoir), דוד (boiler, kettle, pot, uncle, vat). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tartály (bin, bunker, container, drum, holder, hopper, receiver, receptacle, reservoir, sink, vat), tank (combat car), kád (tub, vat), harckocsi (combat car, cruiser-tank), ciszterna (cistern, water tank). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tanki. (various references) | |
Italian | serbatoio (barrel, bunker, cistern, reservoir), vasca (basin, bathtub, pond, pool, tub). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 軍車 , 戦車 , タレット旋盤 (personality, star, talent, tank breathing, tank lorry, tank top, tanker, tongue, tower, turret lathe). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぐんしゃ, せんしゃ (car wash), タンク . (various references) | |
Korean | 탱크. (various references) | |
Manx | tank, doagh (cistern, trough; a huge woman, tub, tun, vat). (various references) | |
Norwegian | tank. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anktay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tanque (catchment basin, cistern, lochan, pond, pondage, pool, reservoir, vat), reservatório (cistern, coalburner, flash, pond, reservoir, sump, vessel, water-craft), cisterna (cistern). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | tanque. (various references) | |
Romanian | tender, tanc, rezervor (cistern, collector, fount, fountain, receiver, reservoir), cisternã (cistern, oil car, reservoir), castel de apã (water tower), bazin (area, basin, cistern, dock, field, region, reservoir, well). (various references) | |
Russian | бак (cistern, container, fo'c's'le, forecastle, jug, pail, vat, vessel). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tenkovski (armored, armoured), tenk, tank, rezervoarski (reservoir), rezervoar (cistern, drum, reservoir), čuvati u rezervoaru. (various references) | |
Spanish | tanque (cistern), depósito (barrel, bond, cistern, deposit, depository, depot, escrow, morgue, Pinfold, repository, reservoir, retainer, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, warehouse), cisterna (cistern, reservoir). (various references) | |
Swedish | cistern (cistern), behållare (container, fountain, hold, reservoir), vattenbehållare, tank (oil car, panzer), stridsvagn (chariot). (various references) | |
Thai | เก็บไว้ในแท็งค์, บ่อน้ำ, รถถัง. (various references) | |
Turkish | tank, su deposu (cistern, reservoir), sarnıç (cistern), hazne (dam, receptacle, reservoir), hapishane (bull pen, cage, can, choky, clink, cooler, coop, gaol, institution, jail, Nick, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, quod, roundhouse, shop, stir, stockade, ward), fotoğraf banyo kabı, depoya koymak, depo (depository, depot, entrepot, goods yard, packing house, receptacle, repertory, repository, reservoir, stock room, storage, store, storeroom, warehouse, yard), benzin deposu (gas tank, petrol tank). (various references) | |
Turkmen | tank (r), bak (vessel). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | цистерна (cistern, tanker), танк, водойма (basin, cistern, water), наливати в бак, зберігати в баці, бак (cistern, forecastle). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thùng (box, bucket, cask, peck), két (strong-box). (various references) | |
Welsh | dyfrgist (cistern). (various references) | |
Zulu | itanki (cistern), ilitanki (cistern). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | lacus, piscina, piscinae, piscinam, piscinas. (various references) |
| Sanskrit | 300 BCE-Modern | tadaga-m. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tank": tanka, tankage, tankages, tankard, tankards, tankas, tanked, tanker, tankers, tankful, tankfuls, tanking, tanklike, tanks, tankship, tankships. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "tank": antitank, stank. (additional references) | |
Words containing "tank": cantankerous, cantankerously, cantankerousness, cantankerousnesses, stanks, supertanker, supertankers. (additional references) | |
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"Tank" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gank, nank, taaak, taak, tabk, tahki, tak, tanak, tand, tanh, tani, Tanka, tann, tano, tanq, tanr, tany, tanz, tark, tauno, tawk, tbank, tenc, Tengku, tenk, Tenko, tikn, tinc, tinck, tinka, tinky, tjan, tlan, tonk, trank, Trnka, Tuanku, tunc, tvan, Twanky, tzand. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tank" (pronounced ta"ngk) |
| 4 | t a" ng k | antitank, stank. |
| 3 | -a" ng k | bank, blank, brank, clank, crank, dank, drank, flank, franc, Frank, Hank, interbank, lank, nonbank, plank, prank, rank, sank, shank, shrank, spank, swank, thank, yank. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-k-n-t" | |
-1 letter: ant, kat, tan. | |
-2 letters: an, at, ka, na, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-k-n-t" | |
+1 letter: stank, taken, takin, tanka, tanks, thank, trank. | |
+2 letters: anklet, antick, askant, catkin, intake, kaftan, kainit, kantar, kation, stanks, taking, takins, tankas, tanked, tanker, tanuki, thanks, tranks, twanky, untack. | |
