tank-n; 8 Senses

Sense Number 1: a heavy armored, treaded military vehicle with guns

Commentary: TANK[+vehicle][+treaded][+armored][+military]

Examples:
There were National Guard tanks rolling down Main Street.
This gun carries the biggest tank shell used by the army today.
Sally's brother was a tank driver in the armed forces.
Mary said she's tired of driving her old tank around town. (figurative, a big, heavy car)

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: a storage container

Commentary: TANK[+container][+storage][+fuel/+water/+waste]

Examples:
Those big storage tanks contain natural gas.
John thinks his septic tank is clogged with tree roots.
The green tanks on the dive boat are filled with Nitrox. (a gas mixture)
Mary asked her daughter to clean out the fish tank.
The Coast Guard went aboard to inspect a large tank ship. (A vessel with a huge storage container of fuel)
Some of the tank cars on that freight train contain toxic chemicals.
We had to replace our hot water tank.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 4

Sense Number 3: a quantity or volume, often of fuel

Commentary: TANK[+quantity][+measure][+volume]

Examples:
How much are you paying these days for a tank of gas?
Mary realized she didn't have enough money on her to buy a tank of gas.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: a detention center for prisoners or drunks

Commentary: TANK[+center][+detention][+prisoner/+drunkard]

Examples:
This is the tank where they interrogate suspected terrorists.
The two fraternity boys spent Saturday night in the drunk tank.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 5: a research institute

Commentary: TANK[+institute][+research]

Examples:
Pete works at a think tank in southern California.
It's a report from one of the Washington policy tanks.

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 6: a clothing style, no sleeves or collar

Commentary: TANK[+quality][+style][-sleeve]

Examples:
Shoes and shirts required, please no tanks.
Mary wore her new lemon-yellow tank suit on the beach.
Suzy thinks men in tank tops look uncouth.

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 7: perform poorly, fail at something

Commentary: Idiom: in_the_tank, into_the_tank

Examples:
Those stocks are currently in the tank. (not worth much)
Their team has gone into the tank this season. (lost many games)

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 8: a kind of electronic circuit

Commentary: TANK[+state][+electronic][+oscillating]

Examples:
The inventor set up a tank circuit in his laboratory.
A tank circuit sustains an oscillation.

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1