gas tank

American  

noun

1. a tank containing the gasoline supply in a car, truck, or other gasoline-engine vehicle.

2. a storage tank for gas or gasoline.

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Etymology

Origin of gas tank

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

“I like to think of space in some ways like a highway. When you first only had a handful of cars there, everybody had to kind of bring their own gas tank,” Asparouhov said.

From MarketWatch

Oil does a lot more than fill gas tanks.

From The Wall Street Journal

Twice in the last 50 years, crises in the Mideast, one of them centered in Iran, have turned Americans into frantic hunter-gatherers for another necessity: fuel for their gas tanks.

From Los Angeles Times

Whether you’re filling up your gas tank or booking a flight, deploy credit cards strategically.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gasoline burst from the gas tank and went everywhere inside the car.

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