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tankful

tankful

1 2.5
The amount of fuel a tank can hold
  • noun
  • /ˈtæŋkfəl/
translation icon : tanque lleno
  • We were relieved to find a gas station that offered a tankful at a reasonable price.
  • tankful of gas

Examples

  • Tankful of diesel and fifty-six jam donuts.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The giant Suburbans and Expeditions are execrable in terms of gas mileage, but a Hummer H3 can go well over 300 miles on a tankful in a country where gas stations are plentiful.

    Blog text (4)

  • We've still got a tankful of gas, anyway.

    Breathless (1983)

  • How much coal and gas is involved in all the electricity it took to produce that tankful of gasoline?

    Blog text (29)

  • Get your homely ass out of that chair and pump this lovely woman a tankful.

    Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)

  • She hasn't had a drink in so long, give her a tankful of the good stuff.

    Superman III (1983)

  • I can't get a tankful of gas for my Mercedes SUV today.

    Blog text (15)

  • The Packard 6-40 Runabout's tankful of gas and two quarts of oil were the only items.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • I filled up my car with a tankful of gas before the long journey.

  • The truck can haul up to four hundred miles on a single tankful of diesel.

Synonyms

tank
vstankful
596 1.0

A large container that holds liquids or gases

refers to the amount that fills such a vessel, not the vessel itself
tankage
vstankful
  • Specialized
1 9.4

The amount of liquid tanks can hold

is a general everyday term for a full storage vessel amount
containerful
vstankful
3.7

The amount that fills a container

is the same idea but limited to one large liquid storage unit

How Much

tankful
1 2.5
cupful
2 1.7
sip
165 1.0
drop
349 1.0

Surface Forms

tankful singular
tankfuls plural

Morphology

tankful = tank (transparent) = tank + ful

Formed by the noun 'tank' plus the productive suffix '-ful' meaning 'amount that fills', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word tankful is made from tank and -ful. Tank means a large container, for example a car's gas tank, and -ful means 'full of', just like in handful. So a tankful is the amount that fills a tank.