fuel tank

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

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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