Phrase guide

gas tank

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A fuel tank for gasoline built into equipment, especially vehicles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fuel tank

2

noun

Meaning 2

a tank for holding gasoline to supply a vehicle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gasoline tank, petrol tank

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tank, storage tank

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Western Apache: bibid — fuel tank
  • Belarusian: бензаба́к (bjenzabák) — fuel tank
  • Catalan: dipòsit de gasolina — fuel tank
  • Chinese Mandarin: 汽油箱 (qìyóuxiāng) — fuel tank
  • Czech: benzinová nádrž — fuel tank
  • Esperanto: benzinujo — fuel tank
  • Estonian: bensiinipaak — fuel tank
  • Finnish: bensiinisäiliö — fuel tank
  • Finnish: bensatankki — fuel tank
  • Finnish: bensiinitankki — fuel tank
  • Finnish: tankki — fuel tank
  • French: réservoir à essence — fuel tank
  • French: réservoir — fuel tank
  • Georgian: საწვავის ავზი (sac̣vavis avzi) — fuel tank
  • German: Benzintank — fuel tank
  • German: Tank — fuel tank
  • Hungarian: benzintartály — fuel tank
  • Ido: gasuyo — fuel tank
  • Italian: serbatoio della benzina — fuel tank
  • Japanese: ガソリンタンク (gasorin tanku) — fuel tank
  • Norwegian: bensinkanne — fuel tank
  • Persian: باک (bâk) — fuel tank
  • Polish: zbiornik benzyny — fuel tank
  • Portuguese: tanque (de gasolina) — fuel tank
  • Russian: бензоба́к (benzobák) — fuel tank
  • Russian: бак (bak) — fuel tank
  • Spanish: tanque de gas — fuel tank
  • Spanish: tanque — fuel tank
  • Spanish: depósito — fuel tank
  • Swedish: bensintank — fuel tank
  • Ukrainian: бензоба́к (benzobák) — fuel tank
  • Vietnamese: thùng xăng — fuel tank
  • Volapük: bänsinacub — fuel tank