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fuel tank (plural fuel tanks)

  1. A container of fuel, especially one for motor fuel inside a vehicle.
    • 1950 November, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 781:
      The main fuel tank is slung from the underframe midway between the two bogies, and its capacity of 420 gal. supplies both the main engine and the train heating boiler.

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