vats

Large industrial containers

Vats is the plural of vat, a large container for holding liquids, typically used in industrial processes like brewing, dyeing, or fermenting: The brewery's copper vats gleamed in the morning light.

Vats suggest scale—bigger than a barrel, often fixed in place rather than portable.

brewing

mash

Crushed soft mixture

pitching · gravity · homebrew · lagering · kettle · runoff · boilover · whirlpool · mashing · steeping

container

tank

Large storage vessel

  • barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
  • drumStruck percussion cylinder
  • cisternWater storage chamber

reservoir · basin · tub · vessel · cauldron · tun · copper · steeper · holding · liner

industrial

factory

Industrial production facility

processing · smelting · refining · pulp · paper · electroplating · galvanizing · pickling · acid · caustic

dyeing

indigo

Plant-derived blue dye

dyestuff · immersion · soaking · textiles · pigment · tinting · resist · woad · cochineal · fixative

fermentation

yeast

Fermenting fungus

ethanol · anaerobic · enzymes · carbonation · malolactic · inoculation · bacteria · propagation · sauerkraut · kimchi

winemaking

grapes

Clustered vine fruit

oak · stainless · concrete · amphora · cap · skins · extraction · tannins · ferment · cellar

Categories
Opposites
container purpose/context

vatsvials

Small sealed containers

bottles · droplets · thimbles · cups · phials

container function/purpose

vatscarafes

Handled pouring vessels

decanters · pitchers · goblets · tumblers · chalices

Phrases
Family

vat

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