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Meaning of fuel tank | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A container of fuel, especially one for motor fuel inside a vehicle.
  2. A container for storage of fuel, e.g. in a depot.

Equivalents

العربية خَزَّان الوَقُود
Deutsch Kraftstofftank Treibstofftank
Español tanque de combustible
فارسی باک
Suomi polttoainesäiliö polttoainetankki
Français réservoir à carburant
Magyar benzintartály tank üzemanyagtartály
Íslenska eldsneytistankur
日本語 タンク 燃料タンク
Kurdî tank
Português tanque de combustível
Русский бак топливный бак
Svenska bränsletank
Tiếng Việt bình xăng

Examples

“The main fuel tank is slung from the underframe midway between the two bogies, and its capacity of 420 gal. supplies both the main engine and the train⟳ heating boiler.”
“Pending the installation of four 7,000-gal. diesel fuel tanks, temporary refuelling facilities have⟳ been provided by the adaptation of a 3,000-gal. oil tank wagon.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

fuelbreak Fueled Fueler Fuelers fuelie Fueling

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