Tank

tangk, n. a large basin or cistern: a reservoir of water.— v.t. to cause to flow into a tank: to plunge into a tank.— ns. Tank′age , the act of storing oil, ., in tanks: the price charged for such storage: the capacity of a tank or series of tanks; Tank′-car , a railway-car for carrying petroleum in bulk in a long cylindrical tank; Tank′-en′gine , a locomotive that carries the water and coal it requires; Tank′-worm , a nematode worm in the mud of tanks in India. [Port. tanque (Sp. estanque , O. Fr. estang )—L. stagnum , a stagnant pool.]