tank

tank
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noun
1 container
ADJECTIVE
▪ empty, full
▪ glass, steel
▪ 4-foot, 50-gallon, 80-litre/80-liter, etc.
▪ fuel, oil, oxygen, water
▪

the hot and cold water tanks

▪ gas, gasoline (AmE), petrol (BrE), propane (esp. AmE) (In the US, gas tank usually refers to the part of a car or motorbike that contains petrol/gasoline. In the UK, it refers to a container for a gas.)
▪ holding, storage
▪

a water storage tank

▪ main
▪ septic
▪ fish
VERB + TANK
▪ fill, refill
▪ drain, empty
▪ puncture, rupture
▪

The truck crashed into a wall and ruptured a fuel tank.

▪ clean, clean out
▪

I cleaned out the fish tank today.

TANK + VERB
▪ contain sth
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the tank, into a/the tank
▪

Put a little fish food into the tank.

▪ tank of
▪

a full tank of petrol (BrE)

▪

a full tank of gasoline/gas (AmE)

2 military vehicle
ADJECTIVE
▪ armoured/armored, army, battle
VERB + TANK
▪ climb into, get into
▪ drive
▪ employ, use
▪

an analysis of how tanks were employed on the battlefield

▪ destroy
TANK + VERB
▪ roll
▪

Tanks rolled in to end the siege.

▪ advance, attack
▪ fire
TANK + NOUN
▪ battalion, company (esp. AmE), corps, platoon (AmE), regiment (esp. BrE)
▪ commander, crew
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verb
Tank is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑market

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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