tank top

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An item of casual clothing: a top with no sleeves.
  2. The top of a ship's bilge tank, usually the lowest horizontal surface on board.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tank top.wav

Word forms

tank top tank tops tanktop tank-top

Etymology

The upper part of a tank suit worn by female swimmers in modester times when swimming pools were called swimming tanks.

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