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tankage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
tank-age
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Storage in a tank.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The amount that a tank (or tanks) can hold.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The charge levied for storage in a tank.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Waste matter from tanks, especially the dried nitrogenous residue from tanks in which fat has been rendered, used as a fertilizer.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka) Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)bor. Portuguese tanquebor. English tank Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English tankage From tank + -age.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tankages (plural)

Questions

What does tankage mean?
Storage in a tank.
Where does tankage come from?
Etymology tree Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka) Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)bor. Portuguese tanquebor. English tank Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English tankage From tank + -age.

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