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A closed container for liquids or gases.

An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.

A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).

The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.

The amount held by a container; a tankful.

(Q12876)An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks.

(India) A reservoir or dam.

(botany) A structure of tightly overlapping leaves used by some bromeliads to retain water.

(colloquial) A very muscular and physically imposing person; somebody who is built like a tank.

(by extension) A bouncer or doorman.

(video games) A unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).

(slang) A prison cell, or prison generally.

(slang) A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see (in the tank).

(rail) (tank engine,tank locomotive).

(tank top) (clothing) (tank top).

To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.

(video games) To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.

To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.

To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.

(fandom slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.

(slang) To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.

(colloquial) To stand; to tolerate.

(colloquial) To willingly take on an undesirable task or burden.

A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.

A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.