"fuel tank" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fuel tanks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fuel tank (plural fuel tanks)
  1. A container of fuel, especially one for motor fuel inside a vehicle. Categories (topical): Containers, Petroleum, Transport Hyponyms: gas tank, petrol tank, gas bottle, gas cylinder Related terms: fuel line Translations (a container of fuel): خَزَّان الوَقُود (ḵazzān al-waqūd) [masculine] (Arabic), dipòsit de combustible [masculine] (Catalan), tanc de combustible [masculine] (Catalan), 油箱 (yóuxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 油缸 (yóugāng) (Chinese Mandarin), palivová nádrž [feminine] (Czech), brændstoftank [common-gender] (Danish), polttoainesäiliö (Finnish), polttoainetankki (Finnish), réservoir à carburant [masculine] (French), საწვავის ავზი (sac̣vavis avzi) (Georgian), Kraftstofftank [masculine] (German), üzemanyagtartály (Hungarian), benzintartály (Hungarian), benzintank (Hungarian), tank (Hungarian), eldsneytistankur [masculine] (Icelandic), 燃料タンク (nenryō tanku) (Japanese), タンク (tanku) (Japanese), drivstofftank [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), drivstofftank [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), باک (bâk) (Persian), zbiornik paliwa [masculine] (Polish), tanque de combustível [masculine] (Portuguese), то́пливный бак (tóplivnyj bak) [masculine] (Russian), бак (bak) [masculine] (Russian), tanque de combustible [masculine] (Spanish), bränsletank [common-gender] (Swedish)

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          "word": "fuel line"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a container of fuel",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "palivová nádrž"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a container of fuel",
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          "word": "brændstoftank"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a container of fuel",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "a container of fuel",
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          "sense": "a container of fuel",
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          "word": "réservoir à carburant"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sac̣vavis avzi",
          "sense": "a container of fuel",
          "word": "საწვავის ავზი"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a container of fuel",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a container of fuel",
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        {
          "code": "hu",
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        {
          "code": "hu",
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a container of fuel",
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          "sense": "a container of fuel",
          "word": "燃料タンク"
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          "sense": "a container of fuel",
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          "sense": "a container of fuel",
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          "sense": "a container of fuel",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tanque de combustível"
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          "roman": "tóplivnyj bak",
          "sense": "a container of fuel",
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          "word": "то́пливный бак"
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          "sense": "a container of fuel",
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          "sense": "a container of fuel",
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        }
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خَزَّان الوَقُود"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "a container of fuel",
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    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "a container of fuel",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "a container of fuel",
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      "sense": "a container of fuel",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "a container of fuel",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
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      ],
      "word": "brændstoftank"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "word": "polttoainesäiliö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "word": "polttoainetankki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "réservoir à carburant"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sac̣vavis avzi",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "word": "საწვავის ავზი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kraftstofftank"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "word": "üzemanyagtartály"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "word": "benzintartály"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "word": "benzintank"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "word": "tank"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eldsneytistankur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nenryō tanku",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "word": "燃料タンク"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tanku",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "word": "タンク"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "drivstofftank"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "drivstofftank"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bâk",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "word": "باک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zbiornik paliwa"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "tanque de combustível"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tóplivnyj bak",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "то́пливный бак"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bak",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tanque de combustible"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a container of fuel",
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      "word": "bränsletank"
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