See tanky on Wiktionary
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"water"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(India) A storage tank, especially for water."
],
"tags": [
"India"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/taŋki/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tæŋki/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-au-tanky.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cb/En-au-tanky.ogg/En-au-tanky.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/En-au-tanky.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æŋki"
},
{
"homophone": "tankie"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"The Times Literary Supplement"
],
"word": "tanky"
}
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