1 a large container for holding liquid or gas:
a hot water tank * a fuel / petrol / fish tank
seealsoSEPTICTANK, THINKTANK
2 (also tankful ) the contents of a tank or the amount it will hold:
We drove there and back on one tank of petrol.
3 a military vehicle covered with strong metal and armed with guns. It can travel over very rough ground using wheels that move inside metal belts.
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