vat
Designating a vat dyeDesignating a vat dye.
» Tom fell into a vat of sulfuric acid.
Tom fiel in einen Bottich mit Schwefelsäure. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 senses(not comparable)Designating a vat dye.
vat red
vat jade green
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
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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