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tankful en · NOUN

Etymology

From tank + -ful.

Meanings

1. The amount (usually of a fluid) that will fill a tank.
   • 1988 July, advertisement, Field & Stream, page 57, Regane^® Premiumᵀᴹ is a gas treatment so superior, it′ll work through eleven tankfuls-not just one.
   • In 2015, two men drove a car through all 48 contiguous U.S. states on less than $300 of diesel fuel, or just eight tankfuls. 2016 July 21, Jacopo Prisco, “How ‘hypermiling’ can save you a lot of fuel (and the planet)”, in CNN:
   • Each tankful of leaded gasoline causes an increasingly thick coating of lead to build up on the catalyst. 1985 December, Popular Mechanics, page 52:
   • One driver has kept track of several tankfuls of gasoline by recording the miles driven and gallons used for each tankful. 2008, Paul J. Deitel, Harvey M. Deitel, Visual C♯ 2008: How to Program, page 215:

Forms

Translations (4)

pl bak (amount that will fill a tank) · fr plein (amount that will fill a tank) · fr réservoir (amount that will fill a tank) · de Tankfüllung (amount that will fill a tank)