vat

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/ væt /

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noun

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.

verb (used with object), vat·ted, vat·ting.

to put into or treat in a vat.

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Origin of vat

before 1100; Middle English (south); Old English fæt vessel; cognate with Old Norse fat vessel, German Fass keg

OTHER WORDS FROM vat

un·vat·ted, adjective

Other definitions for vat (2 of 3)

VAT

noun

value-added tax.

Other definitions for vat (3 of 3)

Vat.

abbreviation

Vatican.

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How to use vat in a sentence

When that garbage is diverted into a vat of energy-producing soup, it becomes a penny earned.
Will Food Waste Power Your Home?|The Daily Beast|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
He 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|DAILY BEAST
Burning 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|DAILY BEAST

And, 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|DAILY BEAST
But 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 Kipling
Acid fumes escaping under the vat lids made the haze and seared the man's throat.
In the Dark|Ronal Kayser
The vat contained an acid powerful enough to destroy anything—except gold.
In the Dark|Ronal Kayser
Oof 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. Matthews
Und 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)

vat

/ (væt) /

noun

a large container for holding or storing liquids

chem a preparation of reduced vat dye

verb vats, vatting or vatted

(tr) to place, store, or treat in a vat

Word Origin for vat

Old English fæt; related to Old Frisian fet, Old Saxon, Old Norse fat, Old High German faz

British Dictionary definitions for vat (2 of 3)

VAT

/ (sometimes væt) /

abbreviation for (in Britain)

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)

Vat.

abbreviation for

Vatican

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