gas tank
Americannoun
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gas tanks
plural
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a tank containing the gasoline supply in a car, truck, or other gasoline-engine vehicle.
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a storage tank for gas or gasoline.
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of gas tank
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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The price of eating out, filling a gas tank and buying a house keeps rising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The large gas tank took up a lot of space, and the engine room ended up very congested.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Affordability was a major theme in the debate, which included an introductory video of a single mother struggling to fill her gas tank and buy groceries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
But even for a car with an average-sized gas tank of around 15 gallons, it would cost you $66 to fill up from empty at these prices.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
Gasoline burst from the gas tank and went everywhere inside the car.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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