English Explanatory Dictionary

gunbarrel tank

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A long slender cylindrical metal tank, especially one used to separate oil from water as it flows from a production well.

Word forms

gunbarrel tank gunbarrel tanks

Etymology

From the shape of the tank, which is long and cylindrical, like the barrel of a gun.

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