tank top en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
The upper part of a tank suit worn by female swimmers in modester times when swimming pools were called swimming tanks.
Meanings
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An item of casual clothing: a top with no sleeves.
The service makes available, during limited weekend hours, a handful of the company's items – cargo shorts, tank tops, and the like – to the Hamptons house guest who discovers that he can't make it to Monday without purchasing one of those weird madras patchwork blazers.
2004 August 30, The New Yorker, page 38:
- The top of a ship's bilge tank, usually the lowest horizontal surface on board.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tank-top | alternative | lexicographic | |
| tank tops | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tanktop | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
tankini · peekaboo tank top · tank-topped
Relateds
wifebeater · singlet · T-shirt · vest
Synonyms
Translations (4)
pl bezrękawnik (vest) · fr débardeur (vest) · pl dno wewnętrzne statku (top of a ship's bilge tank) · pl podkoszulek (vest)