tank

1. A closed container for liquids or gases.

   The propane is stored in these tanks.

   The tank contains unfiltered water. You really shouldn't drink from that.

   Behälter, Tank, Becken

   бакbak, цисте́рнаcistɛ́rna, ёмкостьjómkostʹ

   бакbak

   a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids

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

   The contractors installed a new tank with gorgeous fish and corals.

   The ore slurries are directed into an open tank outside the excavation site.

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

   водоёмvodojóm

4. The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.

   We have brought the van to a garage after we found a leak in the tank.

   Tank

   бакbak, резервуа́рrezervuár, цисте́рнаcistɛ́rna

   бакbak

5. The amount held by a container; a tankful.

   I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York.

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

   The journalist mistook the self-propelled artillery vehicle for a tank.

   Few remember the female tanks that were produced between the World Wars.

   Panzer, Tank

   танкtank

   танкtank

7. (India)A reservoir or dam (as it is known in the rest of Australia).

8. A structure of tightly overlapping leaves used by some bromeliads to retain water.

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

10. (UK, broadly, dated, slang)A bouncer or doorman.

11. 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).

    The paladin can make for a decent tank, but I recommend that you get a class with better taunting skills.

    See also: distraction carnifex

    танкtank

12. (US, slang)A prison cell, or prison generally.

    drunk tank

    The sheriff threw us in the tank without charges!

    a cell for violent prisoners

1. How much gas is left in the tank?

   Скільки ще в баці бензину? — deniko

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2. Tom works for a think tank.

   Том працює у мозковому центрі. — deniko

   deTom arbeitet bei einer Ideenschmiede. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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3. What is a think tank?

   Що таке «мозковий центр»? — deniko

   deWas ist eine Denkfabrik? — al_ex_an_der

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4. I have a fish tank.

   Я маю акваріум. — deniko

   deIch hab' ein Aquarium. — pullnosemans

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5. The gas tank is almost empty.

   ruВ бензобаке почти пусто. — marafon

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