STORAGE TANK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does storage tank mean? 

• STORAGE TANK (noun)
  The noun STORAGE TANK has 1 sense:

1. a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STORAGE TANK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

storage tank; tank

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

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

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

aquarium; fish tank; marine museum (a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals)

cistern; water tank (a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet)

gas holder; gasometer (a large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel)

gas tank; gasoline tank; petrol tank (a tank for holding gasoline to supply a vehicle)

reservoir (tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil))

septic tank (large tank where solid matter or sewage is disintegrated by bacteria)

hot-water heater; hot-water tank; water heater (a heater and storage tank to supply heated water)

 Context examples 

Treatment in which a storage tank of oxygen or a machine called a compressor is used to give oxygen to people with breathing problems.

(Oxygen Therapy, NCI Dictionary)

Treatment in which a storage tank of oxygen or a machine called a compressor is used at home to give oxygen to people for the treatment of chronic lung disease.

(Home Oxygen Therapy, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)