Definition of Tanks

1. Noun. (plural of tank) ¹

2. Interjection. (humorous) thanks ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tanks

1. tank [v] - See also: tank

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tanks

tankia
tankias
tankies
tanking
tankings
tankini
tankinis
tankless
tanklike
tankling
tanklings
tankmate
tankmates
tankodrome
tankodromes
tanks (current term)
tankship
tankships
tanktop
tanktops
tankwagon
tankwagons
tanky
tanling
tanlings
tanna
tannable
tannage
tannages
tannah

Literary usage of Tanks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"Rectangular Concrete tanks.—The pressures and their application are the same for concrete tanks as described for wood tanks. ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1912)
"The starting of agitation in Pachuca tanks after tilling may offer no serious difficulties with ores which do not settle rapidly in such tall tanks; ..."

3. Hygiene of Communicable Diseases: A Handbook for Sanitarians, Medical by Francis Merton Munson, John Harington, Francis Randolph Packard, Fielding Hudson Garrison (1920)
"The second chlorination probably would be unnecessary if the drinking-water tanks are under proper bacteriological supervision. (Pryor. ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The large tanks of the principal aquarium arc also at his disposal for purposes of ... "The water in the tanks is kept fresh by continual circulation, ..."

5. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"The bottom of a wood tank will not be less than \% in. net thickness. For details of the design of steel tanks, see Ketchum's "Structural Engineers' ..."

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