"tankful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tankfuls [plural], tanksful [plural]
Etymology: From tank + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tank|ful|pos=noun}} tank + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|tanksful}} tankful (plural tankfuls or tanksful)
  1. The amount (usually of a fluid) that will fill a tank. Translations (amount that will fill a tank): réservoir [masculine] (French), plein (english: gasoline) [masculine] (French), Tankfüllung [feminine] (German), bak [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Each tankful of leaded gasoline causes an increasingly thick coating of lead to build up on the catalyst.",
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        {
          "text": "1988 July, advertisement, Field & Stream, page 57,\nRegane^® Premiumᵀᴹ is a gas treatment so superior, it′ll work through eleven tankfuls-not just one."
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