gun barrel tank

noun

A long slender cylindrical metal tank, especially one used to separate oil from water as it flows from a production well.

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Meanings

noungun barrel tank (plural gun barrel tanks)

plural gun barrel tanks · alternative gunbarrel tank · alternative gun-barrel tank

  1. A long slender cylindrical metal tank, especially one used to separate oil from water as it flows from a production well.

Origin

From gun barrel + tank, from the shape of the tank, which is long and cylindrical, like the barrel of a gun.

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APA

gun barrel tank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gun%20barrel%20tank

MLA

“gun barrel tank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gun%20barrel%20tank. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gun barrel tank,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gun%20barrel%20tank.

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