vat

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

vat [vat vats vatted vatting] BrE [væt] NAmE [væt] noun
a large container for holding liquids, especially in industrial processes
•distilling vats
•a vat of whisky

Word Origin:
Middle English: southern and western dialect variant of obsolete fat ‘container’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vat and German Fass.

Example Bank:
•The grape juice is then transferred to a fermentation vat.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  tub, VAT, value-added tax, ad valorem tax