Meaning of fuel tank | Babel Free

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.

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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.”

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