tanklike

T1A1N1K5L1I1K5E1

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a tank (military vehicle).

“The mechanical digger had tanklike treads.”

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivetanklike (comparative more tanklike, superlative most tanklike)

comparative more tanklike · superlative most tanklike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tank (military vehicle).

    The mechanical digger had tanklike treads.

  2. Resembling or characteristic of a tank (container).

    Yes, Rex had “got that,” and the old man was a great sport, but when he said a thing he meant it—otherwise Rex would never have been moving slowly up and down like a large fish in the dim green waters of this vast tanklike hall.

    2013, Dennis Wheatley, Three Inquisitive People

Origin

  1. Prakrit𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka)
  2. Gujaratiટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)
  3. Portuguesetanque
  4. Englishtank
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  6. Proto-Germanic*līką
  7. Englishtanklike

From tank + -like.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

tanklike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanklike

MLA

“tanklike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanklike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tanklike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanklike.

Source: tanklike on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.