tank farm

noun

1. an area or expanse of land used for holding oil-storage tanks.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tank farm¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

As of Wednesday morning, McCauley said, tank farms in Baltimore, Springfield and Fairfax had enough fuel supplied by Colonial, but there weren’t enough drivers to get it from the storage facilities to gas stations.

From Washington Post

The man to whom he talked was across the Panuco, on the south side, at the tank farm.

From Project Gutenberg