holding tank

Interim storage vessel

A holding tank is a container for temporary storage, especially for wastewater or sewage on boats, RVs, and aircraft until it can be properly disposed of: The marina has a pump-out station for holding tanks.

The term extends to temporary detention facilities: Suspects waited in the holding tank until their arraignment.

wastewater

septic

Infected with bacteria

treatment · sanitation · greywater · blackwater · marine · RV · camper · boat · toilet · plumbing

vessel

cistern

Water storage chamber

drum · vat · container · storage · capacity · volume · gallon · liter · pressurized · sealed

aquatic

aquarium

Tank for keeping fish

  • fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
  • marineRelating to the sea
  • quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission

acclimation · filtration · aeration · livestock · coral · saltwater · freshwater · specimen · isolation · transport

industrial

fuel

Energy source material

  • chemicalsManufactured or isolated substances
  • oilSlippery viscous fluid
  • petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid

diesel · coolant · liquid · hazardous · bulk · processing · refinery · transfer · intermediate · pipeline

detention

jail

Detention facility

  • cellBasic unit of life
  • lockupTemporary detention facility
  • custodyProtective care or control

temporary · processing · awaiting · transfer · immigration · booking · pretrial · detainee · facility · overnight

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function/purpose

holding tankdigester

One who abridges

reactor · septic system · incinerator · bioreactor · filtration system

temporal state

holding tankend point

Where something concludes

immediate release

Family

hold, held, holder, holding, uphold, withhold, holds, tanked, tanker

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G