storage tanks

Industrial liquid containers

Storage tanks are large containers for holding liquids or gases—water, oil, chemicals, fuel.

They range from backyard rain barrels to massive industrial vessels at refineries and treatment plants.

The plural often appears in contexts involving infrastructure, environmental regulation, or industrial operations: The facility's storage tanks hold two million gallons of crude.

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Opposites
containment vs. conveyance

storage tankspipelines

Tubes for transporting fluids

transmission lines · conveyors · aqueducts · conduits · tanker trucks

capacity scale

storage tanksdrums

Struck membrane instruments

barrels · canisters · jugs · bottles · jerry cans

retention vs. dispensing

storage tanksdispensers

Devices that release items

outlets · spigots · taps · nozzles · pumping stations

Family

storage, tanks

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G