Meanings
nounfuel tank (plural fuel tanks)
plural fuel tanks
- A container of fuel, especially one for motor fuel inside a vehicle.
The main fuel tank is slung from the underframe midway between the two bogies, and its capacity of 420 gal. supplies both the main engine and the train heating boiler.
1950 November, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 781 - A container for storage of fuel, e.g. in a depot.
Pending the installation of four 7,000-gal. diesel fuel tanks, temporary refuelling facilities have been provided by the adaptation of a 3,000-gal. oil tank wagon.
1956 October, “Recent changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662
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Translations
Arabic خَزَّان الوَقُود
- خَزَّان الوَقُود (ḵazzān al-waqūd)a container of fuel
Catalan dipòsit de combustible, tanc de combustible
- dipòsit de combustiblea container of fuel
- tanc de combustiblea container of fuel
Chinese Mandarin 油箱, 油缸
- 油箱 (yóuxiāng)a container of fuel
- 油缸 (yóugāng)a container of fuel
Czech palivová nádrž
- palivová nádrža container of fuel
Danish brændstoftank
- brændstoftanka container of fuel
Finnish polttoainesäiliö, polttoainetankki
- polttoainesäiliöa container of fuel
- polttoainetankkia container of fuel
French réservoir à carburant
- réservoir à carburanta container of fuel
German Kraftstofftank
- Kraftstofftanka container of fuel
Hungarian üzemanyagtartály, benzintartály
- üzemanyagtartálya container of fuel
- benzintartálya container of fuel
- benzintanka container of fuel
- tanka container of fuel
Icelandic eldsneytistankur
- eldsneytistankura container of fuel
Japanese 燃料タンク, タンク
- 燃料タンク (nenryō tanku)a container of fuel
- タンク (tanku)a container of fuel
Norwegian Bokmål drivstofftank
- drivstofftanka container of fuel
Persian باک
- باک (bâk)a container of fuel
Polish zbiornik paliwa
- zbiornik paliwaa container of fuel
Portuguese tanque de combustível
- tanque de combustívela container of fuel
Russian то́пливный бак, бак
- то́пливный бак (tóplivnyj bak)a container of fuel
- бак (bak)a container of fuel
Spanish tanque de combustible
- tanque de combustiblea container of fuel
Swedish bränsletank
- bränsletanka container of fuel
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fuel tank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuel%20tank
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“fuel tank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuel%20tank. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fuel tank,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuel%20tank.
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