tank (disambiguation)

Tank can refer to:

An artificial body of water, or a man-made reservoir, especially in India where the word originated, and sometimes in Britain.
A large container for liquid, hence also an aquarium, or terrarium (derived from the above meaning).
An old name for swimming pool, from which the upper portion of a bathing costume, the tank top, is named.
A container for a compressed fluid, especially a gas cylinder.
Tank, a type of armoured combat vehicle.
Tank, Pakistan, a small town in Pakistan's North-Western Frontier Province.
Informally, to tank means to decline dramatically, as in a stock declining rapidly in price, or a film failing in the box office.
The fictional character Tank from the film, The Matrix.
A warrior or similar character in a computer role-playing game that acts as a meat shield for other characters.

The word may have some connection with the Arabic verb istanqa`a, "it some liquid collected and became stagnant".

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