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ARMY TANK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does army tank mean?
• ARMY TANK (noun)
The noun ARMY TANK has 1 sense:
1. an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
Familiarity information: ARMY TANK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
armored combat vehicle; armoured combat vehicle; army tank; tank
Hypernyms ("army tank" is a kind of...):
armored vehicle; armoured vehicle (a vehicle that is protected by armor plate)
military vehicle (vehicle used by the armed forces)
tracked vehicle (a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks)
Meronyms (parts of "army tank"):
cannon (heavy gun fired from a tank)
gun enclosure; gun turret; turret (a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "army tank"):
panzer (an armored vehicle or tank)
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