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Definition of "vat" []

  • A large vessel, such as a tub, cistern, or barrel, used to hold or store liquids. (noun)
  • To put into or treat in a vat. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "vat" in a sentence
  • "Have fun you will find that a vat is a lonely place for a brain"
  • "Cloth steeped in the vat is also green until contact with the air, when it immediately becomes a good blue: Introduction of acids changes the direction of the pores in the fibers, allowing only the blue rays pass."
  • "La la, the salt vat is no place for my kissed lips and love - lavished body."