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ARMY TANK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does army tank mean? 

ARMY TANK (noun)
  The noun ARMY TANK has 1 sense:

1. an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treadsplay

  Familiarity information: ARMY TANK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARMY TANK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

armored combat vehicle; armoured combat vehicle; army tank; tank

Hypernyms ("army tank" is a kind of...):

armored vehicle; armoured vehicle (a vehicle that is protected by armor plate)

military vehicle (vehicle used by the armed forces)

tracked vehicle (a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks)

Meronyms (parts of "army tank"):

cannon (heavy gun fired from a tank)

gun enclosure; gun turret; turret (a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "army tank"):

panzer (an armored vehicle or tank)


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