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tankage

 
Dictionary: tank·age   (tăng'kĭj) pronunciation

n.
    1. The act or process of putting or storing in a tank.
    2. The amount that a tank can hold.
    3. A fee for tank storage.
  1. Animal residues that remain after rendering fat in a slaughterhouse, used for fertilizer or feed.

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Residue from slaughterhouse excluding all the useful tissues; fertilizer or animal feed.

Made from heat-digested animal abattoir residues without gut contents, hide, horn, hoof. Concentrated and dried and possessing a high biological value protein content of 60%. See also meat meal.


Slaughterhouse wastes used for fertilizers.

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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: the quantity contained in (or the capacity of) a tank or tanks

Meaning #2: the charge for storing something in tanks

Meaning #3: the act of storing in tanks


 
 
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