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tankage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tankage has 3 senses
- tankage(n = noun.quantity) Array - the quantity contained in (or the capacity of) a tank or tanks; Array is a kind of indefinite quantity
- tankage(n = noun.possession) Array - the charge for storing something in tanks; Array is a kind of charge
- tankage(n = noun.act) Array - the act of storing in tanks; Array is a kind of storage
Derived form verb tank1
CIDE DICTIONARY
tankage, n.
- The act or process of putting or storing in tanks. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Fees charged for storage in tanks. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- The capacity or contents of a tank or tanks. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Waste matter from tanks; esp., the dried nitrogenous residue from tanks in which fat has been rendered, used as a fertilizer. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tankage, n.
1 a storage in tanks. b a charge made for this.
2 the cubic content of a tank.
3 a kind of fertilizer obtained from refuse bones etc.
1 a storage in tanks. b a charge made for this.
2 the cubic content of a tank.
3 a kind of fertilizer obtained from refuse bones etc.
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