water tank

noun

A tank (type of large container) used to store water.

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cistern
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Meanings

nounwater tank (plural water tanks)

plural water tanks · alternative watertank

  1. A tank (type of large container) used to store water.

    Two circular water tanks with a combined capacity of 200 gal. are mounted in the centre of the frame of the restaurant cars.

    1960 March 28, “Restaurant Cars for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 166

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet

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cistern
Broader
tankstorage tank
Also see
cistern

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 水箱, 水缸
  • 水箱 (shuǐxiāng)large container used to store water
  • 水缸 (shuǐgāng)large container used to store water
Danish vandtank
  • vandtanklarge container used to store water
Finnish vesisäiliö, vesitankki
  • vesisäiliölarge container used to store water
  • vesitankkilarge container used to store water
French réservoir d'eau, citerne à eau
  • réservoir d'eaularge container used to store water
  • citerne à eaularge container used to store water
German Wassertank, Wasserspeicher
  • Wassertanklarge container used to store water
  • Wasserspeicherlarge container used to store water
Italian serbatoio
  • serbatoiolarge container used to store water
Japanese 給水タンク
  • 給水タンク (kyuusui tanku)large container used to store water
Korean 물탱크
  • 물탱크 (multaengkeu)large container used to store water
Norwegian Bokmål vanntank
  • vanntanklarge container used to store water
Portuguese caixa d'água, alverca
  • caixa d'águalarge container used to store water
  • alvercalarge container used to store water
  • aljubelarge container used to store water
Spanish tanque, alberca
  • tanquelarge container used to store water
  • albercalarge container used to store water
  • balsalarge container used to store water
  • aljibelarge container used to store water
  • tinacolarge container used to store water
Tamil நீர்த்தொட்டி, தண்ணீர்த்தொட்டி
  • நீர்த்தொட்டி (nīrttoṭṭi)large container used to store water
  • தண்ணீர்த்தொட்டி (taṇṇīrttoṭṭi)large container used to store water
  • தொட்டி (toṭṭi)large container used to store water
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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