dipping tank

noun

A tank where livestock can be immersed in disinfectant chemicals.

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Meanings

noundipping tank (plural dipping tanks)

plural dipping tanks

  1. A tank where livestock can be immersed in disinfectant chemicals.

    In the area, there were two small primary schools, a general store, and a dipping tank to rid the cattle of ticks and diseases.

    1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 9
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