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 f

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