Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A receptacle for storing, treating, or transporting petroleum.
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Examples
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								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 
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								The group also claimed it attacked four other pipelines leading to Chevron's oil-tank farm in the region. 
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								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. 
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								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. 
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								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. 
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								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. 
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								Harry thought he had helped discourage any adventure in that direction with the phony oil-tank farm. December 6 Smith, Martin Cruz 2002 
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								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 
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								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. 
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								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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