tankful

English

Etymology

From tank +‎ -ful.

Noun

tankful (plural tankfuls or tanksful)

The amount (usually of a fluid) that will fill a tank.
- 1985 December, Popular Mechanics, page 52:
  Each tankful of leaded gasoline causes an increasingly thick coating of lead to build up on the catalyst.
- 1988 July, advertisement, Field & Stream, page 57,
  Regane^® Premium^TM is a gas treatment so superior, it′ll work through eleven tankfuls-not just one.
- 2008, Paul J. Deitel, Harvey M. Deitel, Visual C♯ 2008: How to Program, page 215:
  One driver has kept track of several tankfuls of gasoline by recording the miles driven and gallons used for each tankful.

Translations

amount that will fill a tank

French: réservoir (fr) m, plein (fr) m (gasoline)
German: Tankfüllung (de) f
Polish: bak (pl) m

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