tank engine

tank locomotive

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noun

a steam locomotive that carries its water supply in tanks mounted around its boiler

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Words nearby tank engine

tankage, tankard, tank car, tank destroyer, tanked, tank engine, tanker, tank farm, tank farming, tank fighter, tankful

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How to use tank engine in a sentence

The jet engine instantly brought two advances over propellers: it doubled the speed and it was far more reliable.
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Texas has also started to become an engine of economic growth.
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“The events this year with Ukraine led to his ties with Cato being severed,” a source at the think tank told The Daily Beast.
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Tank Battle Kim's death -- a clean version of Kim's Face shot (no head burning or head exploding).
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It was only the engine drawing the train of cars up to the station to take the passengers away.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
“Mon pauvre petit, you are hungry,” said Aristide, carrying it to the car racked by the clattering engine.
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Adjoining the engine-house on the other side, is the stable, where five splendid horses are kept.
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The huge engine, the wonderful carriages, the imposing guard, the busy porters and the bustling station.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
He hired an engine to plow all his land that was not prepared, besides renting a little more, and also took a flier in wheat.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux