All tank synonyms

noun tank

• house of detention — a place maintained by the civil authorities for persons charged with a crime, and sometimes for witnesses, awaiting trial.
• armored personnel carrier — a tracked military vehicle with a steel or aluminum hull used to transport troops in combat and usually fitted with light armament. Abbreviation: APC.
• humidor — a container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco, fitted with means for keeping the tobacco suitably moist.
• jeroboam — the first king of the Biblical kingdom of the Hebrews in N Palestine.
• cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
• millpond — a pond for supplying water to drive a mill wheel.
• cesspit — A cesspit is a hole or tank in the ground into which waste water and sewage flow.
• hod — a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
• drunk tank — a large jail cell where persons arrested for drunkenness are kept, usually overnight.
• magnum — a large wine bottle having a capacity of two ordinary bottles or 1.5 liters (1.6 quarts).
• carafe — A carafe is a glass container in which you serve water or wine.
• cistern — A cistern is a container which stores the water supply for a building, or that holds the water for flushing a toilet.
• cisterna — a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
• icebox — an insulated cabinet or chest with a partition for ice, used for preserving or cooling food, beverages, etc.
• cylinder — A cylinder is an object with flat circular ends and long straight sides.
• big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
• belly — The belly of a person or animal is their stomach or abdomen. In British English, this is an informal or literary use.
• hods — a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
• canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
• container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
• bath — A bath is a container, usually a long rectangular one, which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body.
• natatorium — a swimming pool, especially one that is indoors.
• hopper — Edward, 1882–1967, U.S. painter and etcher.
• calaboose — a prison; jail
• firkin — a British unit of capacity usually equal to a quarter of a barrel.
• breadbasket — a basket for carrying bread or rolls
• alembic — an obsolete type of retort used for distillation
• beer belly — If a man has a beer belly, he has a fat stomach because of drinking too much beer.