tank

• aquarium
• basin
• bastille
• big house
• block
• bomb
• bridewell
• brig
• bull pen
• cage
• calaboose
• can
• cask
• cauldron
• cell
• cistern
• clink
• collapse
• come a cropper
• come to grief
• come up empty
• concentration camp
• container
• cooler
• coop
• crash
• crater
• crumble
• decline
• die on the vine
• dungeon
• fail
• fall flat
• fall short
• flame out
• flop
• flounder
• flunk
• fold
• founder
• glasshouse
• go under
• guardhouse
• guardroom
• gulag
• hock
• hold
• hole
• hoosegow
• implode
• jail
• jailhouse
• joint
• jug
• keep
• keg
• labor camp
• lay an egg
• lockup
• miscarry
• misfire
• miss
• nick
• oubliette
• pen
• penitentiary
• pokey
• pond
• pool
• prison
• prison camp
• quod
• receptacle
• reform school
• reformatory
• reservoir
• self-destruct
• sink
• skid
• slam
• slammer
• slip
• slump
• stalag
• stir
• stockade
• strike out
• struggle
• tolbooth
• training school
• tub
• vat
• vessel
• wane
• ward
• wash out
• work camp

• click
• come off
• cook
• deliver
• flourish
• go
• go over
• outside
• pan out
• prevail
• prosper
• succeed
• thrive
• triumph
• win
• work out

• noun
  1. A closed container for liquids or gases.
  2. An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
  3. A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.
  4. The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
  5. The amount held by a container; a tankful.
  6. An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
  7. (Australian and Indian English) A reservoir or dam.
  8. A large metal container for holding drinking water for animals, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.
  9. By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
  10. A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
  11. A unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).
  12. A prison cell, or prison generally.
  13. A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.
  14. A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
  15. A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
• verb
  1. To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
  2. To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.
  3. To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
  4. To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
  5. To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
  6. To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.
  7. To stand; to tolerate.

• The fish swam peacefully in the large tank.
• He filled the gas tank before starting the long drive.
• The army deployed a heavily armored tank to the battlefield.
• She wore a comfortable tank top on the hot summer day.
• The water tank on the roof needed cleaning.

jail

jailhouse

labor camp

calaboose

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