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tankful

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Tankful (noun) means As much liquid as is needed to fill a tank.

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As much liquid as is needed to fill a tank.
"In 2015, two men drove a car through all 48 contiguous U.S. states on less than $300 of diesel fuel, or just eight tankfuls." — Jacopo Prisco, How ‘hypermiling’ can save you a lot of fuel (and the planet) (2016)
"One driver has kept track of several tankfuls of gasoline by recording the miles driven and gallons used for each tankful." — Paul J. Deitel, Harvey M. Deitel (2008)
"Each tankful of leaded gasoline causes an increasingly thick coating of lead to build up on the catalyst." — Popular Mechanics (1985)
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Etymology

Formed from tank and -ful.

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"tankful" (noun) means as much liquid as is needed to fill a tank.
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