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• n  an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
• n  a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids
• n  as much as a tank will hold
• n  a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk
• n  a cell for violent prisoners
• v  store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
• v  consume excessive amounts of alcohol
• v  treat in a tank
  tank animal refuse

• The tank will only have time to get off one or two rounds before you get there.
• The War Department last week let a whopping batch of orders ($100,000,000) for tanks, set up a new organization to see that they are made well and fast.
• The tank swerves right; he, to block it, moves left.

• army tank
• armored combat vehicle
• armoured combat vehicle
• storage tank
• tankful
• tank car
• cooler

News & Articles

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• Think tank official backs more tax cuts
  A representative of a state-based think tank argued the case “for less government and more freedom” during a Bartlesville Rotary Club meeting on Monday. Brandon Dutcher, vice president of policy at the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, said the conservative organization supports limited government, individual liberty and a free-market economy.
  June 11, 2013 - Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
• Conservative think tank AEI endorses Furman
  WASHINGTON, June 11 (UPI) -- Economists from a conservative think tank in Washington said they endorsed Jason Furman's nomination to lead the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
  June 11, 2013 - UPI
• Tank cleaning, inspections set for Calcasieu Waterworks District 8
  Calcasieu Waterworks District 8 will be doing tank cleaning and inspections from Tuesday, June 11 until Thursday, June 13.
  June 10, 2013 - KPLC Lake Charles

Quotes

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• Charles Grassley in Melbourne Herald Sun
  The attitude of these corporate executives and bank executives, and most of them are in New York, that somehow they're not responsible for their company going into the tank,Mr Grassley said.
• Robert Gates in Politico
  Less than five years after the last Soviet tank crossed Termez Bridge out of Afghanistan, Islamic militants launched their first attack on the World Trade Center in New York,Gates said. "We cannot afford to make a similar mistake again."
• Richard Seymour in International Herald Tribune
  We're not going to tank it the rest of the season. That's not going to happen,defensive lineman Richard Seymour said in the Patriots locker room, across from where Brady's locker remained stocked with equipment and personal items. "There's...