vat
a large container, as a tub or tank, used for storing or holding liquids: a wine vat.
Chemistry.
a preparation containing an insoluble dye converted by reduction into a soluble leuco base.
a vessel containing such a preparation.
to put into or treat in a vat.
Origin of vat
1Other words from vat
- un·vat·ted, adjective
Words Nearby vat
Other definitions for VAT (2 of 3)
Other definitions for Vat. (3 of 3)
Vatican.
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How to use vat in a sentence
Snapdragon’s technology uses a continuous production line, rather than the traditional process of making batches in big vats, so it’s easier to scale up by simply keeping production running for a longer time.
Why We Can’t Make Vaccine Doses Any Faster | by Isaac Arnsdorf and Ryan Gabrielson | February 19, 2021 | ProPublicaI slipped the skins off peaches, scooped melon with a spoon, and made gargantuan vats of applesauce.
And, failing that, even bigger vats of liquid are on the way.
We still don’t really know what’s inside the sun—but that could change very soon | Charlie Wood | November 30, 2020 | Popular-Sciencevat is levied on consumption of goods and services in countries around Europe.
When that garbage is diverted into a vat of energy-producing soup, it becomes a penny earned.
It filled my head, that muttering sound, like thick oily smoke from a fat-rendering vat or an odour of noisome decay.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe kills his own son in cold blood (or in a vat of hot macadamia butter, to be specific).
American Dreams, 1993: The Road to Wellville by T. Coraghessan Boyle | Nathaniel Rich | October 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBurning a girl alive while her father watches or cooking a severed head into a vat of chili?
Why the ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Premiere Was Gratuitous and Horrifying and Totally Awesome | Paula Szuchman | September 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd, also, there ought to be no other forms of taxation, like a national sales tax or a vat tax or what have you.
Mark Levin's Nutty Constitutional Convention Idea | Michael Tomasky | August 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut my faver says it's un-man-ly to be always kissing, and I did n't fink you'd do vat, Coppy.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingAcid fumes escaping under the vat lids made the haze and seared the man's throat.
In the Dark | Ronal KayserThe vat contained an acid powerful enough to destroy anything—except gold.
In the Dark | Ronal KayserOof you hatn't done vat you dit, I bed you somet'ing der modor-car vould haf peen a lot oof junk.
Motor Matt's Mystery | Stanley R. MatthewsUnd der feller vat hat it didn't vant it, or he vouldn't haf let it go.
Motor Matt's Mystery | Stanley R. Matthews
British Dictionary definitions for vat (1 of 3)
/ (væt) /
a large container for holding or storing liquids
chem a preparation of reduced vat dye
(tr) to place, store, or treat in a vat
Origin of vat
1British Dictionary definitions for VAT (2 of 3)
/ (sometimes væt) /
value-added tax: a tax levied on the difference between the cost of materials and the selling price of a commodity or service
British Dictionary definitions for Vat. (3 of 3)
Vatican
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