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fuel tank en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A container of fuel, especially one for motor fuel inside a vehicle.
   • The main fuel tank is slung from the underframe midway between the two bogies, and its capacity of 420 gal. supplies both the main engine and the train heating boiler. 1950 November, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 781:
2. A container for storage of fuel, e.g. in a depot.
   • Pending the installation of four 7,000-gal. diesel fuel tanks, temporary refuelling facilities have been provided by the adaptation of a 3,000-gal. oil tank wagon. 1956 October, “Recent changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662:

Forms

Hyponyms

gas cylinder · petrol tank · gas tank · gas bottle

Relateds

fuel line

Translations (28)

hu üzemanyagtartály (a container of fuel) · ru то́пливный бак (a container of fuel) · ca dipòsit de combustible (a container of fuel) · fr réservoir à carburant (a container of fuel) · de Kraftstofftank (a container of fuel) · hu tank (a container of fuel) · hu benzintartály (a container of fuel) · ja タンク (a container of fuel) · hu benzintank (a container of fuel) · cmn 油缸 (a container of fuel) · fi polttoainesäiliö (a container of fuel) · ka საწვავის ავზი (a container of fuel) · ca tanc de combustible (a container of fuel) · sv bränsletank (a container of fuel) · ja 燃料タンク (a container of fuel) · da brændstoftank (a container of fuel) · pt tanque de combustível (a container of fuel) · fa باک (a container of fuel) · nb drivstofftank (a container of fuel) · fi polttoainetankki (a container of fuel) · ar خَزَّان الوَقُود (a container of fuel) · is eldsneytistankur (a container of fuel) · nn drivstofftank (a container of fuel) · es tanque de combustible (a container of fuel) · cs palivová nádrž (a container of fuel) · ru бак (a container of fuel) · cmn 油箱 (a container of fuel) · pl zbiornik paliwa (a container of fuel)