TANKARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tankard mean? 

• TANKARD (noun)
  The noun TANKARD has 1 sense:

1. large drinking vessel with one handle

  Familiarity information: TANKARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TANKARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large drinking vessel with one handle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tankard" is a kind of...):

drinking vessel (a vessel intended for drinking)

 Context examples 

“I doubt it not, mon ami,” quoth the archer, going back to his tankard.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Why indeed?” asked the gleeman, taking a long drain at his tankard.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)