main battle tank
English
noun
Definitions
- The primary tank of a country or armed forces.
- (military) A tank with a good balance of firepower, cross-country mobility, and armoured protection, and therefore capable of carrying out the roles of breakthrough, exploitation and infantry support.
Etymology
Compound from English main (power, might, force, strength) + English battle (fruitful, n. attr, fertile)+ English tank.
Origin
English
tank
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- amain English
- antitank English
- battailous English
- battle English
- battle-cruiser English
- battlebus English
- battledress English
- battlefield English
- battlefront English
- battleground English
- battlegroup English
- battleline English
- battlemage English
- battleplan English
- battleplane English
- battler English
- battleship English
- battlesome English
- battlespace English
- battlest English
- battlesuit English
- battleth English
- battlewagon English
- battleward English
- battlewards English
- battleworks English
- battleworthy English
- battlezone English
- bobbin tank English
- cryotank English
- cyberbattle English
- detank English
- female tank English
- fishtank English
- flail tank English
- gunbattle English
- hydrotank English
- intertank English
- main English
- mainboard English
- mainbrace English
- mainchain English
- maincrop English
- maindeck English
- mainer English
- mainframe English
- mainful English
- mainland English
- mainline English
- mainly English
- mainmast English
- mainpiece English
- mainplane English
- mainsail English
- mainshaft English
- mainsheet English
- mainshock English
- mainspan English
- mainspring English
- mainstage English
- mainstay English
- mainstem English
- mainstream English
- maintop English
- maintopmast English
- mainyard English
- male tank English
- midbattle English
- midmain English
- minibattle English
- nonbattle English
- nonmain English
- outbattle English
- overbattle English
- postbattle English
- prebattle English
- saddletank English
- subtank English
- tank English
- tank park English
- tankage English
- tankbuster English
- tankbusting English
- tanker English
- tankette English
- tankful English
- tankie English
- tankless English
- tanklike English
- tankman English
- tankmate English
- tankodrome English
- tankproof English
- tankship English
- tanksinker English
- tankstand English
- tanky English
- thermotank English
- untank English
- Tank German
- tank Hungarian
- tanca Italian
- tanica Italian
- tank Italian
- tank Dutch, Flemish
- tank French
- tinque French
- баттл Russian
- танк Russian
- tank Norwegian Bokmål
- tankar Portuguese
- tanque Portuguese
- tank Swedish
- メイン Japanese
- tank Norwegian Nynorsk
- tanka Norwegian Nynorsk
- batel Middle English
- mayn Middle English
- tank Danish
- tanko Esperanto
- tanc Catalan, Valencian
- टंकी Hindi
- टैंक Hindi
- แท็งค์ Thai
- tank Indonesian
- tanks Latvian
- tenk Afrikaans
- টেংকি Assamese
- tangi Swahili
- 땅크 Korean
- 탱크 Korean
- tankas Lithuanian
- تانكي Gulf Arabic
- ཏེངཀ Dzongkha
- itangi Kikuyu, Gikuyu
- ታንክ Amharic
- mien Pitcairn-Norfolk
- tank
- main
- amain
- tanky
- untank
- detank
- battle
- tanker
- mainly
- tankie
- mainer
- midmain
- maintop
- subtank
- tankman
- battler
- mainful
- tankage
- tankful
- nonmain
- maindeck
- tankless
- mainyard
- mainline
- tanklike
- cryotank
- fishtank
- battleth
- mainspan
- mainsail
- tankette
- maincrop
- mainmast
- antitank
- mainland
- mainstay
- mainstem
- battlest
- tankmate
- tankship
- midbattle
- battlebus
- mainchain
- tankstand
- mainshock
- mainstage
- mainplane
- mainframe
- tank park
- tankproof
- hydrotank
- gunbattle
- intertank
- mainshaft
- prebattle
- nonbattle
- outbattle
- mainbrace
- mainsheet
- mainpiece
- male tank
- mainboard
- battleward
- tankbuster
- tanksinker
- battlesome
- overbattle
- tankodrome
- battlemage
- battleship
- saddletank
- mainspring
- postbattle
- minibattle
- mainstream
- battleline
- thermotank
- battlesuit
- battlezone
- battleplan
- flail tank
- battailous
- tankbusting
- maintopmast
- female tank
- battlefield
- battlegroup
- battleplane
- bobbin tank
- battleworks
- cyberbattle
- battlespace
- battlefront
- battlewards
- battlewagon
- battledress
- battleworthy
- battleground
- battle-cruiser