Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large vessel, such as a tub, cistern, or barrel, used to hold or store liquids.
- transitive verb To put into or treat in a vat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
Vatican . - noun A large tub, vessel, or cistern, especially one for holding liquors in an immature state, as chemical preparations for dyeing or for tanning leather.
- noun A liquid measure in the Netherlands, corresponding to the hectoliter—about 22 imperial gallons.
- noun In metallurgy: A vessel used in the wet treatment of ores, A square hollow place on the back of a calcining-furnace, in which tin ore is laid for the purpose of being dried
- To put in a vat; treat in a vat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To put or transfer into a vat.
- noun A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding liquors in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like.
- noun A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
- noun A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.
- noun A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
- noun (R. C. Ch.) A vessel for holding holy water.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large
tub , such as is used for makingwine or fortanning . - verb transitive To
blend (wines or spirits) in a vat.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
- noun a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Have fun you will find that a vat is a lonely place for a brain
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Cloth steeped in the vat is also green until contact with the air, when it immediately becomes a good blue: Introduction of acids changes the direction of the pores in the fibers, allowing only the blue rays pass.
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La la, the salt vat is no place for my kissed lips and love - lavished body.
CHAPTER VI 2010
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The indigo vat is subject to two significant problems, he found.
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It clearly states shipping and vat is included in the price.
Dell Hell, continued (and continued and continued) « BuzzMachine 2005
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La la, the salt vat is no place for my kissed lips and love - lavished body.
Chapter 6 1913
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While she was speaking the man was trying to push a heavy brewer's vat from the long sledge.
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White House economic advisor Paul Volcker is calling for a new national sales tax -- a value added tax or "vat" -- to help close the deficit, CBS station WCBS-TV reports.
KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports 2010
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If you start with the null position you can't get past the brain vat.
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September 30th, 2009 at 7: 43 pm fifth monarchy man: If you start with the null position you can't get past the brain vat.
bilby commented on the word vat
Gustav Klimt milk vats — ug!
October 18, 2008