surge tank

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noun

a large surge chamber.

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Words nearby surge tank

surgeonfish, surgeon general, surgeon's knot, surge protector, surgery, surge tank, surge tide, Surg. Gen., surgical, surgical abdomen, surgical anatomy

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How to use surge tank in a sentence

The U.S. launched campaigns in the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah and a surge campaign in Baghdad.
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The quality of the music is a major factor in this recent surge.
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“When I first met her I felt this tremendous surge of power,” he explained.
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It was a question whether the mutineers would not surge over it in triumph within the hour.
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A fearsome struggle would surge around that tower where the British flag was flying.
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But meanwhile the keeper has shouted for a fresh set of bears, who surge wildly into the room.
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It is of the vertical kind, and stands on a shallow square tank, which forms the hot well.
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On one side loomed a huge tank, to the brink of which a rickety wooden ladder invited the explorer to ascend.
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British Dictionary definitions for surge tank

surge tank

noun

engineering a tank used to absorb surges in flow

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