vat
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3.6
- noun
- /væt/
:
depósito
- The brewer carefully monitors the temperature of the vat during the brewing process.
- fermentation vat
- a vat of water
- a large vat
And in that thud, the crystal would shoot out of the loop and disappear into this sort of VAT of liquid nitrogen.
- And in that thud, the crystal would shoot out of the loop and disappear into this sort of VAT of liquid nitrogen.
- You would get them like delivered in like vats or hoses.
- I'm just digging the whole look of being gently dipped into a VAT of sweat.
- And we glue it into our our VAT of oil.
- But whether or not we live in a simulation on the brain in a VAT, I don't know.
- And what this expert system did is it told you how to clean the vats of soup.
- You sleep in vats of lotion.
Examples
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Next, he was cooking huge vats of beans on a naval vessel bound for Manila.
Fiction book (2000) -
They'd keep them in vats in the ship.
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A vat of boiling oil?
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Then the meat fell into another vat before going to the lady with the cans.
Fiction book (1994) -
They use the protoplasm in the vat as an energy source.
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The settling vats, part of the fermentation process.
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One door led to the fermenting vats, and one back to the reception area from which I'd entered.
Fiction book (1997) -
The factory uses a large vat to store the chemicals used in production.
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After mixing the ingredients, pour the mixture into a vat for fermentation.
Synonyms
596
1.0
A large container that holds liquids or gases
95
1.0
A large open container for holding liquids or other things
57
3.2
A container that holds liquids like a bowl or cup
12
1.0
A wide, round container with sloping sides for holding water or food
8
3.1
A large container that holds liquids like water in factories or farms
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Etymology
Vat comes from an old English word fæt that meant 'tub' or 'container'. That's why a vat today is a large open container used to hold liquids like wine, dye, or cleaning fluid.