tank farm
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tank farm
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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If you’re climbing on tanks in the tank farm, you didn’t wear dress clothing!
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Just across the road from the site of the first international conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels, in Colombia, oil tankers routinely unload at the Pozos Colorados terminal, with its large tank farm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
The oil is stored on a tank farm it also took over from PetroChina, the sources said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 26, 2022
There was no immediate word on how much oil had burned or was in danger at the tank farm, which stores oil used to fuel electricity production.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2022
From the engineering-slang GAU for Grösster Anzunehmender Unfall, worst assumable accident, esp. of a LNG tank farm plant or something with similarly disastrous consequences.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
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