vat
A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanningA large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
» Tom fell into a vat of sulfuric acid.
Tom fiel in einen Bottich mit Schwefelsäure.
Meaning
4 sensesA large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
a vat of liquid
a vat of acid
Bottich, Trog, Wanne
чанčan, бакbak, ка́дкаkádka
A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
A vessel for holding holy water.
a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
(dated)A liquid measure and dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectolitre of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
Examples
14 sentencesTom fell into a vat of sulfuric acid.
deTom fiel in einen Bottich mit Schwefelsäure. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Is VAT included in the price?
Чи ПДВ включений до ціни? — deniko
How do you know you're not a brain in a vat?
While playing, Tom dropped the ball into a vat of water.
ruИграя, Том уронил мячик в чан с водой. — Selena777
If I were a brain in a vat, I wouldn't write this.
ruЕсли бы я был мозгом в банке, я бы не писал это. — Biga
deWenn ich ein Gehirn im Tank wäre, würde ich dies nicht schreiben. — User4473
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English vat, a dialectal variant of fat (“vat, vessel, cask”), fromInherited from Middle English vat, a dialectal variant of fat (“vat, vessel, cask”), from Old English fæt (“vat, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pod- (“vessel”).
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Forms
plural: vatsSynonyms
4 synonyms- a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids:tub
- a tax based on the value of the goods collected by the end retailer:value-added taxgoods and service taxGST