vat

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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

Together the teams will use 66lb of flour, 408lb of butter, 990lb of sugar, four vats of golden syrup and 1,480lb of chocolate.
Giant Cake Bake to Celebrate Jubilee|Tom Sykes|May 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
When the skins and stems begin to form a cap on top of the vats, they are punched down by hand.
An Old-Fashioned Wine Harvest|Sophie Menin|October 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Instead, they store the wine in large stainless-steel vats and add bags of toasted oak chips, to give it a nice cinnamon flavor.
The Great Wine Cover-up|Keith Wallace|August 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The mass emptied itself into the vast chamber that was barely lighted by narrow skylights and crowded with full and empty vats.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman|Eugne Sue

Also, in his back yard, were buildings containing vats sunk into the ground, and here the tanners were at work making leather.
Revolution and Other Essays|Jack London
Angel, who was filling the vats with his handful, suddenly ceased, and laid his hands flat upon hers.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles|Thomas Hardy
Are there no vats in Milwaukee, no stills in Kentucky, no factories wrapping paper rings around bunches of dead leaves at Tampa?
The Women of Tomorrow|William Hard
Here and there, in bare fields along the sea, are the ruins of vats and windmills,—picturesque remains of ancient salt-works.
By The Sea|Heman White Chaplin

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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