Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gun barrel tank

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
gun bar-rel -tank
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long slender cylindrical metal tank, especially one used to separate oil from water as it flows from a production well.

Etymology

From gun barrel + tank, from the shape of the tank, which is long and cylindrical, like the barrel of a gun.

Inflected Forms

gun barrel tanks (plural) gunbarrel tank (alternative) gun-barrel tank (alternative)

Questions

What does gun barrel tank mean?
A long slender cylindrical metal tank, especially one used to separate oil from water as it flows from a production well.
Where does gun barrel tank come from?
From gun barrel + tank, from the shape of the tank, which is long and cylindrical, like the barrel of a gun.

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