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THINK TANK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does think tank mean?
• THINK TANK (noun)
The noun THINK TANK has 1 sense:
1. a company that does research for hire and issues reports on the implications
Familiarity information: THINK TANK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A company that does research for hire and issues reports on the implications
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
think factory; think tank
Hypernyms ("think tank" is a kind of...):
company (an institution created to conduct business)
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