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tank farm

tank farm
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tangk fahrm]
    • /tæŋk fɑrm/
    • /tæŋk fɑːm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tangk fahrm]
    • /tæŋk fɑrm/

Definitions of tank farm words

  • noun tank farm an area or expanse of land used for holding oil-storage tanks. 1
  • noun tank farm an expanse of land on which a number of fuel oil storage tanks are located 0

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Origin of tank farm

First appearance:

before 1920
One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25

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Parts of speech for Tank farm

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

tank farm popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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