Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A receptacle for storing, treating, or transporting petroleum.

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Examples

  • The International Dairy Foods Association said it welcomed the exemption, but said the administration should have gone further to free the dairy industry from the oil-tank rules.

    U.S. Scraps Rules in Bid for Savings Stephen Power 2011

  • The group also claimed it attacked four other pipelines leading to Chevron's oil-tank farm in the region.

    Chevron Cuts Nigeria Output 2009

  • An even more cumbersome option requires a stay in St. John, New Brunswick (site of what looks like the world's largest oil-tank farm), and then a ferry to Digby, across the Bay of Fundy.

    Nova Scotia, Mon Amour 2006

  • An even more cumbersome option requires a stay in St. John, New Brunswick (site of what looks like the world's largest oil-tank farm), and then a ferry to Digby, across the Bay of Fundy.

    Nova Scotia, Mon Amour 2006

  • Matrix Service plunged $5.12, or 28%, to $13.23, as Keybanc Capital analyst Tahira Afzal said the oil-tank supplier's backlog "was a little weak," after the Tulsa, Okla., company said fiscal first-quarter net income jumped 50% and sales improved.

    Matrix Service Swoons 28%; Agilysys Drops 37% 2008

  • An even more cumbersome option requires a stay in St. John, New Brunswick (site of what looks like the world's largest oil-tank farm), and then a ferry to Digby, across the Bay of Fundy.

    Nova Scotia, Mon Amour 2006

  • Harry thought he had helped discourage any adventure in that direction with the phony oil-tank farm.

    December 6 Smith, Martin Cruz 2002

  • Early in the fight a 10-inch shell had passed through her side, killed four men in her torpedo-room, narrowly missed a loaded torpedo, smashed up an oil-tank, and then broke into pieces.

    Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale

  • She was perfectly fascinated by the rolling mills, with their rows of black stacks standing out against the sky like organ pipes, and by the long trains of oil-tank cars curving through the valley like huge worms, the divisions giving the effect of body sections.

    The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers 1924

  • To start the engine it was necessary to have a calm and, preferably, sunny day; the engine and oil-tank had been painted black to absorb the sun's heat.

    The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

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